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THE MARVELS REVIEWS
Carla Hay
Culture Mix
The Marvels should be called The Debacles. This superhero disaster is proof that a bloated budget and talented cast members can't save a low-quality movie that is an embarrassment to everyone involved. Tacky cartoons have better dialogue than this mess.
Full Review | Nov 8, 2023
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Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik co-wrote the abysmal screenplay for “The Marvels,” which renders all of the characters as shallow vessels to spew out cliché-filled conversations and unfunny jokes. There are 10-year-old kids who can write better dialogue than what’s in “The Marvels.
One of the low points of “The Marvels” is when this cinematic train wreck briefly turns into a musical. It’s in a sequence where Carol, Monica and Kamala visit the planet Aladna, ruled by Prince Yan (played by Park Seo-Joon), who is smitten with Carol. Why is he so smitten? Because (surprise!) Carol married Yan but abandoned him, so technically, Carol is Aladna’s princess. And what happens when Carol returns to Aladna? People break out into song-and-dance numbers, including Yan and Carol acting as if they’re in Aladna’s version of a Disney musical. It’s as cringeworthy as it sounds.
At least they can't blame a man for writing a shallow horrible screenplay for an all-woman superhero team-up