Spider-Man: Homecoming
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 7, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 51 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostSara StewartJul 5, 2017
Here’s a franchise you’d think had been done to death (wasn’t the last webslinger reboot, like, two years ago?), and yet Spider-Man: Homecoming feels fresh and new, an endearingly awkward kid brother to the glamorous “Wonder Woman.” Read full review
100
Total FilmJamie GrahamJul 3, 2017
Hilariously infectious and full of hope, Spider-Man’s return to Marvel couldn’t be more welcome. Read full review
91
ConsequenceMichael RoffmanJun 29, 2017
It’s a very human film, oozing with heart and believable stakes, a brilliant marriage that mirrors the enduring ethos of the Spider-Man comic book. Read full review
90
VoxAlex Abad-SantosJul 6, 2017
Tom Holland masterfully channels Peter’s teenage angst, which could easily come off as melodramatic or superficial, and infuses it with respect. Watts’s artful work makes you realize how often we don’t take teenagers’ anxieties, joys, and fears seriously. Peter’s life in Homecoming is a frustrating, jagged journey toward figuring out what kind of person he is. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 29, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is comics, unapologetically, as close as blockbuster filmmaking gets to cartooning. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 5, 2017
The best thing about Spider-Man: Homecoming is Spidey is still more of a kid than a man. Even with his budding superpowers, he still has the impatience, the awkwardness, the passion, the uncertainty and sometimes the dangerous ambition of a teenager still trying to figure out this world. Read full review
88
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenJul 5, 2017
The special-effects sequences are up to the usual high standards of Marvel excellence, but by far the best elements of “Homecoming” are the writing, which brims with humor, and the performances. Read full review
88
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 29, 2017
The magic of Homecoming is that it belongs more to the John Hughes cinematic universe than the Avengers’. Read full review
87
IGNJim VejvodaJun 29, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is sweet, witty, and fast-moving fun. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 5, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming does the improbable, successfully rebooting a reboot of a trilogy that did the job well enough only a decade ago. It's a movie that could be unnecessary but isn't. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 29, 2017
A brightly contemporary retelling that is not so much an origin story as a coming of age: The On-His-Way-to-Amazing Spider-Boy. Read full review
83
The VergeTasha RobinsonJun 29, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming brings the character back to his basics. In the process, it shows why he’s always been such a popular draw, and it makes a strong argument for a branch of the MCU / Sony heroverse that operates on a smaller scale than the rest of the world. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJul 6, 2017
Genially aware of itself and terrifically likeable. Only now is this series coming of age. Read full review
80
CineVueChris MachellJul 5, 2017
The funniest Spider-Man film yet, Homecoming is a true teen flick, its visuals full of colour and exuberant movement. Read full review
80
Time OutTom HuddlestonJun 30, 2017
The blend of humor, pathos and wall-crawling antics is perfectly judged. After a handful of overblown misfires, Marvel appears to have rediscovered its heart. Read full review
80
SlateJonathan L. FischerJun 29, 2017
This wouldn’t work if not for Holland, whose Peter Parker is the kind of self-conscious, quietly exceptional outer-borough teen without whom the entire concept of Spider-Man would sputter. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 29, 2017
There is a delightful innocence to Spider-Man: Homecoming, director Jon Watts’ take on the web-slinger that mixes some (but no too much, at least for a while) high-tech wizardry with some old-fashioned family fun. Read full review
80
EmpireNick de SemlyenJun 29, 2017
The characters and scenarios are familiar, but this is a loose, cool, funny remix that makes them feel fresh again. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Jun 29, 2017
No, this web-slinging crime fighter isn’t quite of world-saving, world-weary Avenger caliber yet. But that’s OK. In fact it’s better, because he’s something we’ve really been missing for a long time. Our old friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredRobert Yaniz Jr.Jun 29, 2017
It may not quite reach the heights of Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, but Spider-Man: Homecoming emerges as one of the character’s strongest films to date, granting him a clean slate and infinite room to grow. Read full review
80
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 29, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is so joyously entertaining that it’s enough to temporarily cure any superhero fatigue. There’s wit, smarts and a nifty, inventive plot that serves as a reminder of what buoyant fun such films can bring. Read full review
79
Paste MagazineJim VorelJun 29, 2017
Briskly paced and charming to a fault, it’s a Spider-Man movie that fully embraces both its source material and the perils of 21st century teenage life. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJul 6, 2017
The film, for much of the first two acts, takes itself just about that unseriously, maintaining a jokey, self-aware tone that is nicely evocative of the original comics. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshJul 5, 2017
It's the non-superhero elements of Spider-Man: Homecoming that make it a great movie, and a non-stop fun summer flick. There isn't an ounce of fat on this film, packing in so many story elements and characters, while finding room for small, funny asides and moments that make it an addictively rich, idiosyncratic and re-watchable movie. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJul 5, 2017
As far as movies-as-line-items go, Homecoming is better than it has any right to be. The story is slight but spry, thanks partly to the jettisoning of origin story but also due to its blessedly small stakes. Read full review
75
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonJul 5, 2017
The movie is as bubbly and eager as Peter himself, but a little more efficient. It designs its actions sequences around character and story and — a rare thing in comic-book blockbusters — lets the actors act during the climactic action piece. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 5, 2017
Marvel movies are not concerned with altering your precious bodily fluids. This one is a slightly better than average example of the species. Watch it in good health. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 5, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming, a superhero movie is adolescent in all the right ways: limber, reckless, full of youthful brio and uncertainty. Trying on new identities, overreaching, doubting, starting over again. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 30, 2017
Much of the film’s infectiously youthful spirit comes courtesy of its star. At 21, Tom Holland is only a hair younger than Toby Maguire was when he first donned the tights. Read full review
75
ObserverOliver JonesJun 30, 2017
As long as the kids stay in the picture — thankfully, that’s most of the movie — Spider-Man: Homecoming is the fun playdate most of us have been looking forward to since the character stole Cap’s shield last spring in "Captain America: Civil War." Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 29, 2017
News Flash: Tom Holland is the best movie Spider-Man ever. He finds the kid inside the famous red onesie and brings out the kid in even the most hardened filmgoer. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 29, 2017
“Homecoming” works by allowing itself to become an actual genre film, the first of its ilk to recognize that superhero movies might be more interesting if they were also something else. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJul 6, 2017
Against considerable odds, Spider-Man: Homecoming finds its pace and rhythm by the end. Not only did figuring out how to become an effective Spider-Man require more of a learning curve than Parker anticipates, figuring out how to make a successful superhero movie mandated one for the filmmakers as well. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 5, 2017
The breeziest, most convivial Marvel movie in ages. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekJun 30, 2017
The movie around him is sometimes glancingly light. Other times it works way too aggressively at being entertainment, rather than just breathing. But Holland, as both Parker and Spidey, is always fun to watch: His bumbling uncertainty and his boyish eagerness make him believable not just as a crime fighter but as a kid. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 29, 2017
The Vulture is a mess of prickly contradictions, only some of which seem intentional. His criminality, rage and perhaps his madness have been stoked by class resentment and Mr. Keaton, with his white-hot menace and narrowing eyes, makes him a memorably angry man, not a caricature. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 29, 2017
As entertaining and engaging as Spider-Man: Homecoming can be, it remains merely a solid reboot. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJun 29, 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a return to form, featuring an incredibly likable cast, a compelling and complicated villain, and a irrepressibly charming Spider-Man. Welcome home, Peter. Read full review
70
TheWrapRobert AbeleJun 29, 2017
The result is a “Spider-Man” that feels a little more punchy, laugh-filled, and exciting than one might expect from a property that’s already been given plenty of chances to succeed. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 6, 2017
At times, “Homecoming” resembles a very good after-school special embedded in a cacophonous franchise flick. That’s probably not the demographic the filmmakers were most hoping to please. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJul 5, 2017
There’s plenty of nifty action set-pieces on display here – including a decidedly unamazing but hilarious gag involving Spidey and a kid’s tree house – but for the first time, the most popular of all of Marvel’s 1960s-era characters genuinely focuses less on the amazing and more on the boy behind the mask, and that’s a welcome change of pace. Read full review
67
The Film StageJordan RaupJun 29, 2017
Despite succumbing to the seemingly inescapable monotony that pervades most final setpieces in this genre, the film exudes a charismatic quality of nimble fun with its playful direction and lighthearted lead performance. Read full review
67
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJun 29, 2017
Ultimately pleasurable if very disposable, Homecoming offers strong teen dynamics and for once, serves up high school-sized stakes instead of placing the planet in peril. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonJul 7, 2017
By partially demonstrating what a newer, fresher superhero movie might look like, Homecoming ultimately underlines its own genre-defined limitations. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 5, 2017
While the Peter Parker stuff is enjoyable, that’s only part of what the movie is giving us. Every time Peter puts on the Spidey suit, we know exactly what we’re going to get, beat-by-beat. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 5, 2017
It does double duty, working equally well as a superhero movie and as a teen comedy. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 29, 2017
It’s fine — and true enough to Marvel — to make a “Spider-Man” movie about a young adult, but Spider-Man: Homecoming has an aggressively eager and prosaic YA flavor. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 5, 2017
It’s written by six screenwriters, and it feels like it. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 2, 2017
But pretending this is anything other than pleasant, time-killing filler for the next Marvel marvel is laughable. Changing up the story removes some of the onus of comparison to the first Tobey Maguire/Sam Raimi “Spider-Man.” Not when it comes to romance, suspense, guts and heart, however. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 29, 2017
Where Garfield's Peter Parker displayed a believable 21st-century angst, we return largely to the character's wide-eyed roots with Tom Holland, whose performance is thoroughly winning even when the script isn't helping him. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJun 30, 2017
A little of the new Spider-Man went an exhilaratingly long way in Captain America: Civil War last year. But a lot of him goes almost nowhere in this slack and spiritless solo escapade, spun off from an initially intriguing premise that deflates around you with a low whine as you watch, like a punctured bouncy castle. Read full review
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