Spider-Man

Name: Spider-Man
Director: Sam Raimi
Released: 2002

Sam Raimi

2002

4.40

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Tobey MaguireSpider-Man / Peter Parker
Willem DafoeGreen Goblin / Norman Osborn
Kirsten DunstMary Jane Watson
James FrancoHarry Osborn
Cliff RobertsonBen Parker
Rosemary HarrisMay Parker
J.K. SimmonsJ. Jonah Jameson
Joe ManganielloFlash Thompson
Gerry BeckerMaximilian Fargas
Bill NunnJoseph 'Robbie' Robertson

Recommendations

90
Rolling Stone
Maguire and Dunst keep Spider-Man on a high with their sweet-sexy yearning, spinning a web of dazzle and delicacy that might just restore the good name of movie escapism.
80
The New York Times
Spider-Man, while hardly immune to these vices, is, like Mr. Maguire, disarmingly likable, and touching in unexpected ways.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
There's a particular upside-down, half-masked kiss that instantly becomes one of movie history's more memorable smooches. It's the kiss to send any teenaged boy on a spinning high, as well as launching the new age of arachnophilia.
70
Los Angeles Times
Spider-Man may look like an action comic come to life, but its best feature is its romance comic heart. It's that rare cartoon movie in which the villain is less involving than the love story.
70
Village Voice
Mildly cheesy but not overwrought, this long-awaited future franchise is a competent seat-warmer at the box-office table for the two weekends preceding George Lucas's "Attack of the Clones."
70
TV Guide Magazine
This fast-paced entertainment is a surprisingly successful mix of spectacle and human-scale drama.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
The origin story is well told, and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books. It's in the action scenes that things fall apart.
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Despite all the computer-generated effects and highflying superhero theatrics, this roughly $120 million movie is, with few exceptions, remarkable only in its small human touches.

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