After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 16 wins & 63 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
In emphasizing angst over energy, the movie is much like its hero -- not the dashing crime fighter in a red-and-black bodysuit but the introspective nerd who both endears and exasperates.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
14 Jul 2010
fresh:
The perils and advantages of being bitten by a genetically modified spider are made abundantly clear in Sam Raimi's enjoyable, if broken-backed, exercise in high-cost pulp.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
12 Apr 2013
fresh:
Coarse mayhem notwithstanding, Spider-Man will probably provoke a pandemic of arachnophilia.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
12 Apr 2013
fresh:
At its best, Spider-Man takes the adolescent yearning at the heart of most superhero sagas and gives it a lovely swing.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
3 Aug 2013
fresh:
With earnest, unpretentious delivery, Maguire is an eminently likable hero audiences will root for from his earliest moments as the class wimp.