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Black Widow
2021
· Movie
· 134 min
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2889
- IMDb #3052
- Google retired #2292
- Rotten Tomatoes #1103
- Metacritic #2235
- Letterboxd #4049
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2076
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #451
- Metacritic Critics #1591
- Metacritic Audience #3308
- Criticker #3242
- Douban #2367
- Kinopoisk #4367
- AlloCiné #3080
- Trakt #1439
Every rating
32–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 32, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Following the events of a major superhero conflict, Natasha Romanoff finds herself alone and forced to confront a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past. The journey forces her to reunite with the makeshift family she left behind over a decade earlier: her "parents," Alexei and Melina, and her "sister," Yelena. Together, they must dismantle the ruthless program that created them and take down its powerful overseer, the mysterious Taskmaster.
Details
- Director
- Cate Shortland
- Writers
- Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson
- Based on
- Black Widow
- Studio
- Marvel Studios
- Released
- 7 July 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Russian, Norwegian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Finnish
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $200.0M
- Box office
- $379.8M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →1 major award won · 8 wins from 29 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Florence Pugh | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Superhero Movie | Black Widow | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2022 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Black Widow | Nominee |
| Georgia Film Critics Association 2022 | Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema | Cate Shortland, Eric Pearson | Nominee |
| Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards 2022 | Best Stunts | Black Widow | Nominee |
| Houston Film Critics Society 2022 | Best Stunt Coordination | Black Widow | Nominee |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022 | Best Fight | Black Widow vs. Widows | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Florence Pugh | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| Best Superhero Movie | Black Widow | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Black Widow | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Female Movie Star of 2021 | Scarlett Johansson | Winner |
| Movie of 2021 | Black Widow | Winner |
| Action Movie Star of 2021 | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
| Action Movie Star of 2021 | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
| Action Movie of 2021 | Black Widow | Nominee |
| Female Movie Star of 2021 | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Fantasy Adventure | "Control" (MOCEAN) | Winner |
| Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | "Choose" (Wild Card) | Winner |
| Best Summer 2021 Blockbuster Trailer | "Home" (Wild Card) | Nominee |
| Best Teaser Poster | "Teaser One-Sheet" (LA/Lindeman Associates) | Nominee |
Hollywood Professional Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film | David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III ( Digital Domain ) | Winner |
| Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film | Sean Walker, Marvyn Young, Karl Rapley, Lily Lawrence, Timothy Walker ( Weta Digital ) | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Hero | Scarlett Johansson | Winner |
| Best Fight | Black Widow vs. Widows | Nominee |
Women's Image Network Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Feature Film | Black Widow | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress Feature Film | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Action Film | Black Widow | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Black Widow | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
2 nominations
| Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in a Feature | "Red Room Crashing Back to Earth" – Michael Melchiorre, Simon Twine, Daniel Harkness, Tim Crowson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project | "The Red Room" – Tristan John Connors, Bo Kwon, James Stuart, Ryan Duhaime | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema | Cate Shortland, Eric Pearson | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Stunts | Black Widow | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Score – SciFi/Fantasy Film | Lorne Balfe | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Stunt Coordination | Black Widow | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie Actress | Scarlett Johansson | Nominee |