Rotten
At 141 minutes, this supe-opera is seriously overextended, with four distinct subplots and way too much hand-wringing over things like the heroine's singing career.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Spider
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.
2007 · 9m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Nash Edgerton
Overview
A young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
Director and cast
- Nash Edgerton Director
- Nash Edgerton as Jack
- Mirrah Foulkes as Jill
- Chum Ehelepola as Gas Station Attendant
- Bruno Xavier as Gas Station Attendant
- David Michôd as Hit Driver
- Sebastian Dickins as Concerned Pedestrian
- Tony Lynch as Paramedic
- Joel Edgerton as Paramedic
- Ashley Fairfield as Police Officer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Too many villains, too many pale plot strands, too many romantic misunderstandings, too many conversations, too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting "oooh!" this way, then swiveling and shouting "aaah!" that way.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Nap time. Perhaps it's the weight of expectations, the rattle of a zillion calculators or the curse of Bryce Dallas Howard (forever our Lady in the Water), but the latest Spider-Man is a fussy, dispirited affair.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Notwithstanding a cute scene in which Peter enlists suave maitre d' Bruce Campbell to help him propose to Mary Jane, director Sam Raimi's juggling of the comedy and the action is unusually flat-footed.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Raimi at least manages to make it both huge and human.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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