If you’ll forgive the pun, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is a strange movie. It’s one-third a sweaty act of Marvel brand expansion; one-third a somewhat confusing follow-up to the Disney+ series “WandaVision”; and one-third a pretty fun Sam Raimi action horror comedy in the vein of his “Evil Dead” series. FOX film critic Caroline Siede reviews Marvel's latest.
such a hit. In both cases, however, no one’s heart is really in the franchise fodder — least of all the actors. Save for one cool visual sequence, this multiverse feels less mad than studio-mandated.
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved. It’s wild to watch a movie so purposefully build in one thematic direction only to fall back on the decidely uninteresting question of whether Strange is happy in his personal life — a proposition that’s even less satisfying when compared to the heartwrenching emotional stakes of Wanda’s story. For all the charm Cumberbatch brings to his performance, the MCU has never found a particularly compelling take on Strange as a character.
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