‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ movie review: Falling in love with the multiverse — and all its madness

Director Jon Watts’ third Marvel film is the perfect holiday entertainment for our neighborhood superhero… and then some

This is a spoiler-free review

Oh how funny this movie is! Maybe it had something to do with watching it in a theater full of screaming fans, (I have to admit I screamed too). The following is the third Spider-Man film by Jon Watts Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), is so full of warmth and Christmas cheer, apart from eye-popping thrills and heart-wrenching nostalgia, that you can’t help but smile with joy.

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After Mysterio was cast as Spider-Man away from homeThe life of Peter Parker (Tom Holland) has turned into a 24/7 media circus. When his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalone) are denied admission to MIT because of their association with Peter, he decides to ask Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to do the magic. , thereby erasing everyone’s memory of his identity. , Going against the advice of his friend and mentor Wong (Benedict Wong), Dr. Strange turns to magic. When speaking of casting magic for lesser reasons, Strange mentions a party we’d love to go to with Wong and Strange to travel the glorious light.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

  • Director: John Watts
  • Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, and more
  • STORY: Efforts to do damage control after Spidey’s dismissal results in tears in the multiverse
  • Run Time: 148 Minutes

Realizing that the memory wipe means his friends and loved ones will also forget him, Peter interrupts Dr. Strange as he is casting a spell, bringing tears to the Multiverse and bringing in assorted villains from different universes. Huh. Dr. Oak (Alfred Molina), Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) and The Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) from Sam Raimi Spider Man Mark Webb from the Trilogy and Electro (Jamie Foxx) and The Lizard (Rice Ifans) the amazing Spider Man The movies fight until they realize that the Spider-Man they are fighting is not the one they fought before.

Dr. Strange is about to send them back to their own universes to meet their fate, while Peter, like his Aunt May (Marissa Tomei), wants to give them a second chance. light, bright and touching, (the line (“with great power comes great responsibility” is enough to shed a tear), Spider-Man: No Way Home The perfect holiday is entertainment.

With its pop science ties string theory and psychology 101 to issues of multi-verse identity (“The problem is you’re trying to live two separate lives”), the film needs to be unhindered. Give height.

And there’s also Happy (Jon Favreau) for added excitement…

Spider-Man: No Way Home is playing in theaters now

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