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A movie expert has given his harsh verdict on a film he dubbed a “real stinker”. Movie whizz Simon Sweetman was left more than disappointed with the film he chose to be his 10,000th watch.

Hitting the screens in 2024, sci-fi film Madame Webb has all the makings of a crowdpleaser, thanks to its star studded cast. A-listers Dakota Johnson, Emma Roberts and Sydney Sweeney all appear in the fourth film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. The suspense thriller follows a Manhattan paramedic that may have clairvoyant abilities, and she then forms a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures. However, this film failed to impress critics, scoring just 10% in Rotten Tomatoes and was dubbed a box-office flop.

At the box-office, it grossed just £32.6 million ($43.8 million) in the United States and Canada, and £42.3 million ($56.7 million) in other territories, making a worldwide total of just £74 million ($100.5 million).

It even received three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Picture, Worst Actress (for Dakota), and Worst Screenplay.

Calling the film « very bad », movie lover Simon didn’t hold back in his scathing review.

He said: « I have just logged my 10,000th film on Letterboxd— I chose a real stinker in the end.

« I sat through Madame Web, probably because I was recently talking about Dakota Johnson, and I’ve since seen even more memes featuring her funny interview snippets. So I wanted to see just how bad this infamous turkey of a recent film was. »

Simon went on to add that the superhero film was an « atrocity ».

It appears he is not alone in his thoughts as hundreds of dissapointed filmwatchers have taken to Rotten Tomatoes to express their frustration.

One wrote: « Let’s start with the good news – the movie ends. Yes, what you’ve heard is sadly true. This movie is bad. Truly awful. Among the worst superhero films… ever. »

« It’s so poorly, laughably designed and implemented that it’s as if it were a student film, and not some colossally-budgeted Hollywood epic », added a second.

A third wrote: « Madame Web is not fun and not entertaining. Most of all, it’s disappointing, because it teases you with possibilities that never come to bear. »