The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award4 wins & 44 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Raimi at least manages to make it both huge and human.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
4 May 2007
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,
5 May 2007
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,
5 May 2007
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,
16 Nov 2007
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.