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OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh |
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| "I fear viewers who usually avoid action/fantasy flicks might pass up this terrific film without knowing it has so much other neat stuff going on." |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Betty Jo Tucker |
10/10 | "Majestic entertainment, brought to life by a creative team that deserves a mountain of accolades for making, at least, the second best comic book adaptation in cinema history." |
| Modamag.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
4/5 | "My Spidey sense says that Raimi will finally hit the A-list, Maguire will get some new respect, and this film is gonna make a whole lot of money." |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Christopher Null |
| "Spidey's wrestling with moral questions makes him more sympathetic, not less." |
| PopPolitics.com |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
85/100 | "A piece of vintage cinematic entertainment with a post-modernist twist" |
| Apollo Guide |
| Dan Jardine |
3/4 | "...one of the most exhilarating (and silly) screen adventures ever to be inspired by the pages of a Marvel comic." |
| Cinemaphile.org |
| David Keyes |
3/4 | "Enthralling, exciting, exhilarating." |
| Movie Boeuf |
| David N. Butterworth |
C | "This Spider-Man is a sticky popcorn film, that should appeal to a Multiplex audience looking for an escape film." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
3.5/4 | "A dazzling show-stopper that...is better than any of the Batman movies ever were." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
3/4 | "Raimi does right by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's original creation via an old-fashioned comic book aesthetic." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
A- | "Probably the best superhero ever made. So many deft touches." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
A | "When Spider-Man soars, and Danny Elfman's amazing score reaches its crescendo, the heart sings." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
B | "By no means a classic, but it's colorful, energetic and
reasonably engaging, though uneven." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
| " A thoroughly enjoyable big-screen adaptation of the popular Marvel comic book with a top-notch performance by Tobey Maguire." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
3/4 | "This is a pure popcorn movie -- the kind of film one can unabashedly enjoy for what it is." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
3.5/4 | "a deeply human and often moving character story in addition to a rousing action-adventure fantasy" |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
| "Part teenager movie, part soap opera, with clunky dialogue and over-the-top acting, the movie manages to capture the essence of the Spider-man comics." |
| Sci-Fi Movie Page |
| James O'Ehley |
5/5 | "Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire bring a hero to cinematic life with a fun, fast, action-packed blockbuster." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
3/4 | "Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it, but "Spider-Man" certainly delivers the goods." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
10/10 | "Raimi and his team couldn't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
3.5/4 | "The movie shoots for, and usually achieves a sense of giddy exuberance, but it comes at the cost of suspense." |
| MovieMartyr.com |
| Jeremy Heilman |
6.5/10 | "Fun, but not in the same league as Superman." |
| Screen It! |
| Jim Judy |
8/10 | "If you're looking for an all-around good time at the movies, grab a friend, grab some popcorn...and see this movie!!" |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
3.5/4 | "Spider-man flows as smoothly from scene to scene, catching the audience in its charming web and setting us up for a sequel which, for once, will be welcome." |
| Big Picture Big Sound |
| Joe Lozito |
$7 | "...whose only goal is to entertain, which it does with the veracity of an attentive party host who refuses to let anyone go home until they have had a good time." |
| Light Views |
| John Larsen |
9/10 | "Raimi is one of the best filmmakers out there, especially when it comes to making dark, comic-booky stuff." |
| Planet Sick-Boy |
| Jon Popick |
3/4 | "Si el siglo XXI necesita de héroes, el Hombre Araña parece haber llegado para quedarse." |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
5/5 | "A tightly woven web of fun." |
| 3BlackChicks Review |
| Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel |
3.5/5 | "Thankfully, director Sam Raimi knows a little bit about exposing the cool in something that is irrevocably cheesy." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
3.5/4 | "... the most faithful 4-color to film adaptation to date. And yes, it's amazing." |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
3.5/4 | "Raimi’s film is actually closer in spirit to a coming-of-age story like “Almost Famous” than to a flashy noisy mess like “Batman and Robin”." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
B- | "Spider-Man is in the same category as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average, showing signs of potential for the sequels, but not giving us much this time around." |
| Countingdown.com |
| Larry Carroll |
B- | "a commercial comic that's head and shoulders above the bloated summer blockbusters of 2001" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
9/10 | "
Cuarenta años de lectores y fans emergen detrás de esta superproducción y ninguno de ellos queda defraudado. La cinta es desde su estreno, un fenómeno mundial." |
| Cinenganos |
| Luis Martinez |
3.5/5 | "This fast-paced entertainment is a surprisingly successful mix of spectacle and human-scale drama." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
3/4 | "You can tell the movie was made by people who enjoy the source material and have no fear of making it known." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
7/10 | "More fun than I was expecting." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
| "Thank the gods for Sam Raimi / A filmmaker who's geekified / He knows why we stand in line" |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
4.5/5 | "Just about the truest and most satisfying screen adaptation most anyone could have ever hoped for." |
| Film Threat |
| Michael Dequina |
3.5/4 | "Sam Raimi has set the bar unusually high for the rest of the summer film season with this exciting and exhilarating adventure." |
| Mr. Brown's Movies |
| Michael Dequina |
2.5/5 | "Tobey Maguire is one of the only decent things about the film, and he is hampered by a completely and wholeheartedly adequate script." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
3.5/4 | "Was it worth the wait? Absolutely." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
4/5 | ""Spider-Man" will not only make you believe that a teenager can swing from the skyscrapers; it will almost make you believe that you are up there swinging with him." |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
4/5 | "Como não simpatizar com um super-herói que vai de ônibus para o trabalho?" |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
| "A franchise is born." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
B+ | "For an hour or so, it really achieves something memorable. The rest of the time, it contents itself with merely being a solid, entertaining ride." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
3/4 | "Peter Parker pick of a pack of pulp protagonists" |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B+ | "Tobey Maguire IS Peter Parker." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
78/100 | "Despite its many action scenes and should-have-been tense moments, the film packs very little excitement." |
| Apollo Guide |
| Ryan Cracknell |
5/5 | "Parents will thrill to see a childhood hero in a full live-action adventure, while a whole new generation gets their first taste of a hero too cool to ever go out of style." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Scott Weinberg |
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OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh |
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