Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
Critics largely found Quantumania a disappointment compared to the earlier Ant-Man films, faulting its visually murky Quantum Realm setting, abandoned sense of playful humor, and a bloated cosmic scale that ill-suits a character whose charm was always his smallness. The one point of near-consensus: Jonathan Majors' Kang is a genuinely compelling villain — almost everyone agreed on that, even those who disliked everything around him.
“at once fun and numbing”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Marvel's next big villain but other than that, it has nothing to offer beyond drab-looking action.”
Caryn James·BBC
“less fun, and blandly garish visually. The earlier films' throwaway jokes and welcome aversion to brutal solemnity have largely been ditched in favor of endless endgame stuff and weirdly cheesy digital world-building in the Quantum Realm.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“At just over 120 minutes, though — a blink in Marvel time — this Ant-Man is clever enough to be fun, and wise enough not overstay its welcome. Who better understands the benefits, after all, of keeping it small?”
Leah Greenblatt·Entertainment Weekly
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
Critics largely found Quantumania a disappointment compared to the earlier Ant-Man films, faulting its visually murky Quantum Realm setting, abandoned sense of playful humor, and a bloated cosmic scale that ill-suits a character whose charm was always his smallness. The one point of near-consensus: Jonathan Majors' Kang is a genuinely compelling villain — almost everyone agreed on that, even those who disliked everything around him.
“at once fun and numbing”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Marvel's next big villain but other than that, it has nothing to offer beyond drab-looking action.”
Caryn James·BBC
“less fun, and blandly garish visually. The earlier films' throwaway jokes and welcome aversion to brutal solemnity have largely been ditched in favor of endless endgame stuff and weirdly cheesy digital world-building in the Quantum Realm.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“At just over 120 minutes, though — a blink in Marvel time — this Ant-Man is clever enough to be fun, and wise enough not overstay its welcome. Who better understands the benefits, after all, of keeping it small?”
Leah Greenblatt·Entertainment Weekly
Action, Adventure, Comedy