Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

Sam Raimi's horror-inflected directorial style is the film's most discussed asset, giving it a personality that straight MCU product rarely has — but critics were genuinely split over whether that style is enough to compensate for thin character work, a convoluted plot, and wall-to-wall CGI. Elizabeth Olsen's performance drew widespread admiration even from skeptics, while the question of whether the film earns its multiverse sprawl or merely drowns in it divided reviewers sharply.