The good:
Actors are good, but I'm also a sucker for Tom Hardy.
-CGI for transformations is cool and the symbiote moving by itself looks well done. -I like the plot, especially for it being a solo Venom movie. However, I don't know how people are saying it's a "break" from the Marvel template. It's not special, and the general storyline is very similar to most MCU films.

The Bad: -As most people agree, this absolutely should have been R-rated. It's a dark character (which I feel like gets detracted from by near constant cheesy jokes), and there's even a scene where a guy's head gets bitten off that's so censored you can hardly even tell what happened. Making Venom PG-13 would be like making Deadpool PG-13. It's just not going to be as good.
All in all, glad I watched it, even more glad I didn't pay for it.