Watching a CAM version—a recording made with a camera inside a theater—significantly degrades the experience:

A review for depends heavily on whether you are watching the film itself or evaluating a specific CAM (bootleg) version . Generally, viewers are advised to avoid CAM copies due to their poor technical quality. The "CAM" Experience

Angela Bassett (Queen Ramonda) and Letitia Wright (Shuri) receive high praise, as does Tenoch Huerta as the antagonist, Namor.

A common criticism is the 2-hour and 41-minute runtime, which some find causes the middle act to drag.

Because the film features many dark underwater sequences (the realm of Talokan), the high compression in CAM rips often results in "macro-blocking" (large digital squares) and a loss of all fine detail.