Fresh
Raimi at least manages to make it both huge and human.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Spider-Man 3
The greatest battle lies within.
2007 · 2h 19m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Sam Raimi Director
- Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
- Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson
- James Franco as New Goblin / Harry Osborn
- Thomas Haden Church as Sandman / Flint Marko
- Topher Grace as Venom / Eddie Brock
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacey
- Rosemary Harris as May Parker
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- James Cromwell as Captain Stacy
- Dylan Baker Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
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.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
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
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
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
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