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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
You have to hand it to filmmaker Sam Raimi. He's done a lot with nothing. Perhaps knowing that everything in the superhero genre has been done already -- and, in some cases, a dozen times over -- Raimi goes for equal doses of charm and complexity over the usual effects-driven derring-do. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Imagine "Superman" with a Clark Kent more charismatic than the Man of Steel, and you'll understand how "Spider-Man" goes wrong. Tobey Maguire is pitch-perfect as the socially retarded Peter Parker, but when he becomes Spider-Man, the film turns to action sequences that zip along like perfunctory cartoons. ...
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
Webmasterful. That's Tobey Maguire as angsty nerd Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego Spider-Man. As for Sam Raimi's movie, it's diverting, but its superheroics are gung-hokum beside the saga of one teen's hunger for visibility, validation and love. ...
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
After 40 years as one of Marvel Comics' most accessible superheroes, Spider-Man finally swings into theaters today in a movie that, in its best moments, has such a wonderful comic book sensibility that you can almost see the thought balloons floating above the characters' heads. ...
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Spider-Man
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(2002)
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Overview:
Released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the web-slinger's first appearance in a comic book, "Spider-Man" centers on student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) who, after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider, gains superhuman strength and the spider-like ability to cling to any surface. He vows to use his abilities to fight crime, coming to understand the words of his beloved Uncle Ben: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Starring:
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons
Directed by:
Sam Raimi
Written by:
David Koepp (Screenplay based on the Marvel Comic characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)
Cinematographer:
Don Burgess
Composer:
Danny Elfman
Studio:
Columbia Tristar
Release Date:
May 3, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for stylized violence and action
Running Time:
121 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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