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Despite the efforts of Electro, the franchise is running shockingly low on juice.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
His greatest battle begins.
2014 · 2h 21m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Marc Webb
Overview
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
Director and cast
- Marc Webb Director
- Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
- Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
- Jamie Foxx as Electro / Max Dillon
- Dane DeHaan as Green Goblin / Harry Osborn
- Colm Feore as Donald Menken
- Felicity Jones as Felicia
- Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich
- Sally Field as Aunt May
- Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker
- Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
Rotten
About the best thing one can say about this fiasco is that Webb has taken only two films to reach the same exhausted, exhausting endpoint that Raimi required three to achieve. It's progress, of a sort.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
This is a movie that needs to remove a piece of jewelry.
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
Rotten
The trouble with director Marc Webb's disappointing sequel is it wants to have it both ways: to take seriously human connection and loss and also spin the spectacular and pulpy... Spider-Man 2 never locates that sweet spot.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
The studios and the producers have to split the difference -- between excellence and adequacy, between darkness and light, between seriousness and fun. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might have been split too far. It doesn't taste like anything.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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