Gal Gadot takes another hit as her latest Netflix movie nosedives on Rotten Tomatoes

Well, it's been a rough old week for Gal Gadot and anyone clinging to hope her latest films are about to turn things round. Her brand new Netflix outing, In the Hand of Dante, has stumbled right out of the gate with critics, and honestly, it's a bit of a pattern for her lately. The film, which boasts an almost dizzying cast and a script from Julian Schnabel and Louise Kugelberg, just landed on Rotten Tomatoes with a score that doesn't exactly scream 'hidden gem.' Let's get into what's gone down here.

The Reviews: Not Pretty

If you were hoping for a Gal Gadot comeback, best look elsewhere for now. Early reviews for In the Hand of Dante are, in the politest terms, not what you'd call glowing. Most critics seem to agree the film's tricky to follow and only sporadically coherent. It's directed by Julian Schnabel, adapted from Nick Tosches's hefty 2002 novel, and it sounds like that complexity rather got away from them.

Caryn James over at The Hollywood Reporter was probably one of the kindest, damning it with faint praise: "But even when it goes off the rails, In the Hand of Dante is never dull." She goes on to say there's always something interesting to look at, so bonus points for cinematography if nothing else. An overhead shot of the main character drifting alone in a monochrome sea apparently sums up the film's general mood of brokenness—if you're into your bleak visuals. James wraps it by saying the film is "a kind of miracle in itself," which I'm choosing to interpret as ambiguous at best.

James Mottram at Radio Times singles out Oscar Isaac as the only cast member who truly fits, despite the stacked line-up of Gadot, Jason Momoa, and Al Pacino. In his words: "With roles for Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Al Pacino, Schnabel's work is packed with talent, but aside from a live-wire Isaac, it's largely an ill-fitting cast in what too often feels like a bad episode of The Sopranos." And his final verdict? The two-and-a-half-hour affair is "a bewildering mess." That's one for the Blu-ray cover, surely.

Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com was fairly blunt: "Much like 'Megalopolis' there's the sense that only the filmmaker fully understands what in Dante's fiery Hell all of this is supposed to mean." Genuinely, it sounds as though this is yet another film convinced of its own depth, with little care if anyone else can follow along.

Where's Gal Gadot's Hot Streak?

Here are the cold facts on the numbers, which aren't pretty if you're a Gadot superfan:

• In the Hand of Dante debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a 34% score from 32 reviews. Not what you'd call a critical triumph.
• This comes off the back of her last project, Disney's much-criticised Snow White, which managed a slightly higher 39% with critics (out of a much larger pool—276 reviews, for those keeping score) and a 69% audience score, which is at least more forgiving.

So, all told, In the Hand of Dante is another jagged chapter in Gal Gadot's increasingly patchy post-Wonder Woman run, and this time even the combined might of Isaac, Momoa, and Pacino wasn't enough to keep the reviews on side.