Fresh
This is a grittier webslinger saga, led by a Peter Parker with swagger and angst and a tone defined more by emotional resonance than wide-eyed wonder. It still has plenty of fizz.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
The Amazing Spider-Man
His past was kept from him, his search for answers has just begun.
2012 · 2h 16m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Marc Webb
Overview
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Director and cast
- Marc Webb Director
- Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
- Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
- Rhys Ifans as The Lizard / Dr. Curt Connors
- Denis Leary as Captain Stacy
- Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben
- Sally Field as Aunt May
- Irrfan Khan as Rajit Ratha
- Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
- Embeth Davidtz Cast
- Chris Zylka Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This might be a fun summer blockbuster if only it even remotely needed to exist.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
The Amazing Spider-Man is considerably more fun-and, yes, even touching-than so premature a reboot had any right to be.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
On the whole, it's passable stuff, a surprise, given how mechanical the masked character seemed.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
If you've seen half a dozen superhero films, and the box office results suggest you have, then you've also seen what "The Amazing Spider-Man" has to offer.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
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