Especially after Deadpool & Wolverine, the way The Last Dance basically gives the multiverse the middle finger is kind of refreshing and makes it feel like Sony and Marcel — who also wrote the first two Venom films — are trying to stay in a very specific lane, similar to Madame Web ’s.

The Last Dance reviews, critics ripped the final Venom movie to shreds, gifting the film a brutal score of just 37% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, but the first reactions across social media tell a different story.