Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women fr... Read allCassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed.Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed.
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- TriviaAccording to Dakota Johnson in an interview with The Wrap, the screenplay underwent extensive rewrites, saying, "There were drastic changes, and I can't even tell you what they were". The original screenplay, which was described as darker and "very 'Terminator' inspired," would have seen Madame Web and the Spider-Women trying to protect a pregnant Mary Parker from a time-traveling Ezekiel Sims, who wants to kill her to prevent the birth of Peter Parker. Johnson further said that the film she shot was "unrecognizable" from the version of the script she signed on to make.
- GoofsMyasthenia gravis cannot be diagnosed before birth. It is not a genetic condition but an autoimmune disorder.
- Quotes
Julia Carpenter: [checks a photo of a man] So, who is he?
Cassandra Webb: That man is Ezekiel Sims, he was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died.
- ConnectionsEdited from Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- SoundtracksMiles Away
Written by Brian Chase, Karen O (Karen Lee Orzolek) and Nick Zinner (as Nicholas Joseph Zinner)
Performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Courtesy of Touch and Go Records
I firmly believe Madame Web will go down in history as not only the worst superhero movie, but also one of the worst movies ever made. It's that bad. It's absolutely fascinating to behold.
Now, I'll be honest with you here. I only went to see this because I had heard it was an unmitigated disaster that had to be seen to be believed, and it truly does not disappoint - or massively does, depending on your viewpoint.
It takes a special kind of director to get such cringe-inducing performances out of a fairly talented cast (Dakota Johnson and Tahar Rahim are both quality actors with the right script and direction), but SJ Clarkson somehow manages to wrangle the absolute worst imaginable from every single person in the film. I'll be very surprised if she ever does another feature after this.
Nothing in this film works; the plot is moronic, the script seems like it was written by a teenager, the cinematography is horrendous, the aformentioned embarrassing performances, the audio editing is baffling (so much dubbing, brain-melting music choices). I'm amazed this didn't get shelved the minute the final cut was done.
To me, I rate this as "so bad it's good" as I wasn't bored watching it, but most people I assume will say it's just plain bad... and it is, but very entertainingly so.
If you love watching a 2hr car crash then I highly recommend this. The awfulness is mind-boggling in it's complexity, but in the best possible way. Film scholars and historians will be analysing this movie for years to come, and I hope it is talked about in the same vein as The Room in the future.
An absolutely epic misfire on all levels.
- Skruffbagg
- Feb 20, 2024
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Madame Web!
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,817,106
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,335,860
- Feb 18, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $100,298,817
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1