‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Tangled Web
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The sequel to the witty 2018 movie still features delightful animation, but it has a recycled, plodding storyline.
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: A super-sequel, and one of the best comic book movies ever
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Tangled Web
The sequel adds Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya and Oscar Isaac as Phil Lord joked, "Who is the Spider-Person that I think is the coolest, and I wish would like me and think I was cool? That was the objective."
The stunning animated sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning 'Into the Spider-Verse' blends Abstract Expressionism, storybook illustrations, ballet and punk with a gleefully disruptive attitude.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is a film that is as visually stunning as it is philosophical. After the first chapter of Miles Morales’ journey in 2018, (Into The Spider-Verse) dire…
Incredibly, 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' is even more of a visual feast than its predecessor. Unfortunately, it also tells an incomplete story.
The stunning visual palette of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” soared in 2018, combining that eye-popping animation with an abiding love of the comics and plenty of goofy humor. Coming almost five years later, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” spins a much denser web, padding on about 40 min…
Just as you did when its predecessor hit the big screen, you stare in wonder at the visual mastery on display in the new animated film, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” now playing in theaters. Just like the infinite Spider-Verse itself, there are so many dif…
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is “The Empire Strikes Back” of the Spider-Verse movies. For the movie nerds out there, I mean that on nearly every level. “Across the Spider-Verse” is significantly weightier and more serious...
I still think Into the Spider-Verse ranks as a towering achievement in animation and isn’t surpassed by this new one, but people who want to take these movies more seriously than I do are going to favor Across the Spider-Verse.
“Across the Spider-Verse” doesn’t just challenge its most iconic phrase – it also challenges what we have seen in previous silver-screen incarnations of Spider-Man.
