To me the only marvel about this Marvel Comics cinema hero is that Americans should be going to see him in such large numbers.

| Jul 7, 2015

It's the unexpectedness of finding a genuine couple of young lovers caught in its web that turns spectacle into sympathy and restores life-size emotion to outside imagination.

| Jul 7, 2015

Spider-Man is an almost-perfect extension of the experience of reading comic-book adventures.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 7, 2015

With earnest, unpretentious delivery, Maguire is an eminently likable hero audiences will root for from his earliest moments as the class wimp.

| Aug 3, 2013

At its best, Spider-Man takes the adolescent yearning at the heart of most superhero sagas and gives it a lovely swing.

| Aug 3, 2013

Coarse mayhem notwithstanding, Spider-Man will probably provoke a pandemic of arachnophilia.

| Apr 12, 2013

The perils and advantages of being bitten by a genetically modified spider are made abundantly clear in Sam Raimi's enjoyable, if broken-backed, exercise in high-cost pulp.

| Apr 12, 2013

Fun movie, but may be too intense for younger kids.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010

In emphasizing angst over energy, the movie is much like its hero -- not the dashing crime fighter in a red-and-black bodysuit but the introspective nerd who both endears and exasperates.

| Jul 14, 2010

Even at its most generic, Raimi's amiable movie doesn't forget its human scale.

| Jul 6, 2010

A perfectly serviceable early-summer popcorn picture that will satisfy its core teen constituency and not displease general viewers looking for some disposable entertainment.

Full Review | Mar 5, 2008

Unfortunately the film, like many of its ilk, is driven by special effects, and there's a serious disconnect between Maguire's sweet-natured dialogue and Spider-Man's pounding violence and stunning acrobatic work.

| Apr 17, 2007

Practically pitch-perfect summer entertainment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

This accomplished blockbuster announces itself as a stylish piece of pop myth-spinning.

| Jun 24, 2006

Raimi slowly builds Spider-Man to a fireball of a climax, the type of moment old B-movie serials used to deliver in spades.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2003

Full of deftly handled small moments and characters.

| Aug 8, 2002

With his big, round, soulful eyes, Maguire always has been able to convey a sense of wonder, and his instinct for understatement also serves him well here.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 20, 2002

This is entertaining stuff, and Sam Raimi has spun a good yarn for the summer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 18, 2002

A stylish, exciting, and ingenious thrill-ride.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2002

Introduced in 1962, the original superhero helped to initiate the age of modern comics. Raimi hasn't figured out how to reconfigure him for the blockbuster age.

| Jun 1, 2002