Reviews for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania have been surprisingly negative, and it definitely feels like critics have stopped being so forgiving when it comes to the MCU's flaws. 2021's Eternals was Marvel Studios' first "Rotten" movie, but Peyton Reed's threequel now looks set to be the second.
As we write this, it has a score of 49% based on 226 reviews. While we anticipate roughly 100 or so more verdicts being added to the review aggregator in the coming days, it will be nigh on impossible for the latest Ant-Man movie to escape the dreaded green splat.
However, the Audience Score appears to tell a very different story.
That currently sits at 84% and would be more than enough to grant Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania "Certified Fresh" status if regular moviegoers were the ones deciding.
Eternals, for example, received a 47% score from critics but also boasts a much higher 77% Audience Score. This once again shows that there's a divide between what fans and critics think, and is a strong indication good word-of-mouth will help the threequel overcome negative reviews at the box office this weekend (the MCU remains largely critic-proof).
In our review, we concluded by saying: "Despite being an example of why a movie shouldn’t be shot almost entirely in The Volume, every time Jonathan Majors steps on screen as Kang, Ant-Man and The Wasp is an epic tale to astonish and a monumental chapter in the Multiverse Saga."
In Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is now playing in theaters.