Ant-Man is not looking too hot in the new Quantumania film (in theaters February 17th), with a 63% approval rate from critics. Although the score is still fluctuating due to more critics’ reviews, the third installment to the franchise sits at 55% on Rotten Tomatoes. This makes it the second-lowest score of all the MCU films, falling just behind 2021’s Eternals.
After the events of Endgame, returning director Peyton Reed takes the audience and characters into the sub-atomic dimension of the Quantum Realm, where Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) was stuck for 30 years. There the Ant-Family finds that time-master Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) has dominion over time and the multiverse.
ComicBook critic Jenna Anderson wrote Quantumania “is not only the third ‘act’ in the almost decade-long Marvel Cinematic Universe journey of Ant-Man, but it is a forecast of what’s on the horizon — kicking off Phase 5 of the franchise’s storytelling, and fully teeing up its biggest Big Bad yet, Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). It would be a lot to ask any of Marvel’s existing superhero franchises to carry that latter burden, but in the hands of Quantumania, it proves to be a fun challenge in nearly every way. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is an eccentric and essential spectacle, further expanding the possibilities of what the MCU’s tentpole projects can still be capable of.”
MCU Movies Ranked on Rotten Tomatoes
Black Panther (2018): 96% Certified Fresh
Avengers: Endgame (2019): 94%
Iron Man (2008): 94% Certified Fresh
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): 93% Certified Fresh
Thor: Ragnarok (2017): 93% Certified Fresh
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): 92% Certified Fresh
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): 92% Certified Fresh
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021): 91% Certified Fresh
The Avengers (2012): 91% Certified Fresh
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019): 90% Certified Fresh
Captain America: Civil War (2016): 90% Certified Fresh
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 90% Certified Fresh
Doctor Strange (2016): 89% Certified Fresh
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): 87% Certified Fresh
Avengers: Infinity War (2018): 85% Certified Fresh
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): 85% Certified Fresh
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022): 84% Certified Fresh
Ant-Man (2015): 83% Certified Fresh
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 80% Certified Fresh
Black Widow (2021): 79% Certified Fresh
Captain Marvel (2019): 79% Certified Fresh
Iron Man 3 (2013): 79% Certified Fresh
Thor (2011): 77% Certified Fresh
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): 76% Certified Fresh
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): 74% Certified Fresh
Iron Man 2 (2010): 71% Certified Fresh
The Incredible Hulk (2008): 67% Fresh
Thor: The Dark World (2013): 66% Fresh
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022): 64% Fresh
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023): 55% Rotten
Eternals (2021): 47% Rotten