'Black Widow' review: A Marvel movie that can stand on its own


By AGENCY
'Let's give the men a few more minutes to catch up, eh?' Photo: Disney

By now, you’re either a Marvel Cinematic Universe devotee or you’re sick of it but, if you have a little wiggle room, I’m here to tell you Black Widow is entertaining on its own, without a million prerequisites.

“On its own” is the key phrase. Somehow, the MCU has convinced us that it’s fine for most of its movies to connect to two dozen other ones, with beginnings that require research, “plots” that are mostly just things blowing up and endings that don’t end anything.

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'Black Widow' is evidence that Marvel’s Avengers are most interesting when they don’t spend all their time avenging.

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