Reviews for “Madame Web” went public concurrently with this viral clip hitting the internet on February 13, the day before the film’s wide release. Early impressions of “Madame Web” were so negative that its critical score on Rotten Tomatoes dipped down to 17 percent based on more than 50 reviews. The reception to the clip of Madame Web gaining her superpowers, then, is clearly not some sort of anomaly but likely portends an altogether poor reception by the moviegoing public.
In another tweet mocking the viral clip, @PostCredPod, posted, “First clip from #MadameWeb truly defies belief, plays like a bad SNL sketch.”
Another one of the most popular reposts of the clip, meanwhile, is by @JADENMOVIES. His tweet amassed more than 29,000 likes and simply consists of 280 question marks, maxing out the X platform’s character limit. “They let a 7 year old into the editing bay,” he wrote in a follow-up tweet.
Maybe it’s true that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, and this clip is, at least, successful publicity for “Madame Web.” But based on just how harshly pretty much everyone to weigh in is mocking the footage, it’s hard to imagine a worse omen on the day before the movie premieres.
