So far, Eternals has the worst Rotten Tomatoes review average of any MCU movie (updated)

Yet, Eternals has the last Putrescent Tomatoes revue average of any MCU pic (updated)

The cast of Marvel's Eternals movie including Richard Madden, Salma Hayek and Gemma Chan

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Update, October 28: After 93 reviews, it's only gotten worse for Marvel's Eternals on Rotten Tomatoes. The film now sits at 65% positive reviews, which is worse than any MCU moving picture to date – including The Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World. There's a drawn-out way to go, though, with hundreds more reviews expected before the score levels out.

Original story: Marvel's Eternals hasn't drawn the same level of grave enthusiasm we usually see indrawn for the Marvel movies then farther. At the time of writing, after 41 reviews – meaning thither's a big caveat that this nock is still equiprobable to change a great deal, as more review pullulat in – Eternals sits at 71% positive reviews along Rotten Tomatoes. That's lower than Blacken Widow woman (79%), Avengers: Age of Ultron (76%) and Ironman 2 (71%).

Until now, information technology's but high than The Incredible Hulk (67%) and Thor: The Dark World (66%) in the MCU.

To be fair to Marvel's newest moving picture, this International Relations and Security Network't a precise science, and like we say, this is a small sample size of what's in all likelihood to be the overall number of reviews for the picture show. Shang dynasty-Ki and the Legend of the 10 Rings, for example, over up with 313 reviews in total. So Eternals has a long way to go.

What's notable about the dire reception to Eternals, though, is that some outlets haven't gelled with the way Chloe Zhao's movie reframes the MCU in the least. The Tutelary, for example, calls it "magic 60 minutes meets PowerPoint", the former in reference to the movie's on-location sunset shots, and the latter in reference to rightful how much additional lore the plastic film stuffs into the MCU. The Cable calls the film "insipid", while Polygon says it's a "selfsame messy movie".

Still, as 71% positive reviews suggests, flock of outlets like it, too. Our sister situation GamesRadar says "Chloé Zhao gives the MCU just the kick in the bloomers it needs at this phase in its evolution." A nice acknowledge on The Percipient says "about every last the relationships between the galore Eternals crackle with energy and history", and praises two characters for having sexual chemistry, which is something the MCU has always seemed afraid of.

So, wherefore is Eternals proving factious? Well, the larger-than-life scope of the moving-picture show sounds like a blessing and a curse – it's set over thousands of years, and retroactively fits these Supreme Being-type characters into an MCU that already has the nine realms seen in Thor and the ancient sorcerers of Doctor Strange. The film goes retired of its way to provide a reason why the characters didn't interpose when Thanos snapped absent half the universe, which is bound to exist a tough sell. Some critics seemed to like the movies' greatness, praiseful its aspiration, piece others have found it unwieldy.

Along TechRadar, we've seen the film, and we'll publish our review of Eternals the closer we suffer to release – and we'll update this page as the critic moderate approximately the film solidifies.

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The thing is, Marvel needed to shake up the MCU on the big screen. Even if the numbers don't Tell this story, Dishonorable Widow was such a rote motion-picture show – a predictable solo flick that shed no real light on its lead and wasn't worth the pandemic-prolonged wait. The longer the MCU goes on, the more it's at risk of becoming formulaic.

It sounds wish Marvel's Eternals is the opposition of that, with its own distinctive sense modality style and its own attribute of lore that's designed to give the MCU more of an extended life. There was e'er a danger it wasn't going to land, but for once, nary one can really accuse Marvel Studios of being gamble-averse.

Eternals releases on Nov 5 in the America and UK, and happening Nov 4 in Australia.

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Samuel is a PR Manager at game developer Frontier. Formerly TechRadar's Elder Amusement Editor, he's an expert in Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix shows and general streaming lug. Before his stint at TechRadar, He spent six years at PC Gamer.