Review Roundup For Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going big with its tiniest heroes, as Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania opens in theaters on February 17. The stakes are higher than ever for Scott Lang, and with Kang the Conqueror making his triumphant debut in the MCU, the third Ant-Man film has loads of narrative weight to bear on its shoulders as it paves the way for the future of Marvel movies.
Directed once again by Peyton Reed and reuniting Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas, and Michele Pfeiffer, early reviews for Quantumania paint the film as being typical of the Marvel formula: big special effects scenes, a charismatic villain in the form of Jonathan Majors' Kang, and lots of foreshadowing in the background that help create a safe but generic MCU movie.
«In our reality, Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania is the most generic Marvel movie imaginable, smoothing over every edge that might alienate viewers until anything of substance has been expunged,» Phil Owen wrote in GameSpot's Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania review. «That's not to say it's an unpleasant experience. It's not. Rather, it's the kind of movie you'll completely forget within a couple of days because there's nothing really worth remembering.»
You can see more of what critics had to say below, or alternatively, you can head to GameSpot's sister site Metacritic for a quick breakdown on the critical reception for Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania.
Quantumania is no gem. It's not really funny, the action is generic, the storytelling is subpar, the visuals are standard CGI stuff, and the performances are just fine aside from Majors. It's not a bad movie, per se, which is on some level probably a credit to the Marvel machine. But it definitely isn't a good
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