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Spider-Man 3 (2007)

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Reviews Counted:236

Fresh:148

Rotten:88

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: Though there are more characters and plotlines, and the action sequences still dazzle, Spider-Man 3 nonetheless isn't quite as refined as the first two.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sequences of intense action violence

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:May 4, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $336,530,303

Synopsis: The Marvel comics hero returns for more high-flying fun in this third installment in the series. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is up to his usual Spidey tricks, attending university classes as an... The Marvel comics hero returns for more high-flying fun in this third installment in the series. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is up to his usual Spidey tricks, attending university classes as an awkward geek, then quickly slipping into his red-and-blue suit to save New York City from various villains. And there are villains aplenty. Thomas Hayden Church blows in as the Sandman, an escaped convict whose molecular structure is destroyed in a particle accelerator. The freak accident gives him the ability to form and reform from piles of dust. While the Sandman sifts through the city streets robbing banks, Spidey must also contend with his onetime friend, Harry (James Franco), who has taken up where his father, the Green Goblin, left off. Harry chases Spider-Man down on his goblin glider, hurling pumpkin bombs. But Spider-Man's biggest battle is perhaps within himself, when he is taken over by meteorite ooze--a substance that gives him great power, but also turns him into a vengeful, selfish jerk. Throw into the mix Peter's new competition at the Daily Bugle--the ambitious, sneaky Eddie Brock (Topher Grace)--and Peter's relationship troubles with Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), and SPIDER-MAN 3 weaves a tangled web indeed. Director Sam Raimi's playful style and his delightfully campy screenplay hold true to the spirit of the Stan Lee comics, and he does an excellent job of hitting all the right superhero notes. Raimi has created an action film that is a feast for the eyes, but comes with fully rounded characters and a moving moral lesson to boot. The special effects are astounding, but Raimi makes sure the film isn't all action and no talk--he makes Peter's struggle a human one, and one that we can all relate to, regardless of our web-spinning ability. [More]

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, James Franco, James Cromwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dylan Baker, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons

Director: Sam Raimi

Director: Sam Raimi
Screenwriter: Alvin Sargent, Ivan Raimi
Producer: Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, Grant Curtis
Composer: Christopher Young
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Another third installment, another arrested adolescent gone wild

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 1 Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Sam Raimi and company should have ... made a movie and not an f/x tapas plate.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

You know that the third Spider-Man had to be bigger. The third movie in a franchise goes for broke. And Spider-Man 3 is bigger, if not better. It's overdone, overlong, and overplotted. It's all over the place. This does not mean Spider-Man 3

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly
N/R

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

It is like a buffet. You look at the cast and trailers and you just start drooling over all the options. But they just overdid it, stuffing you with filler, and the juicy part of the film didn't start until it was halfway through.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
09/04/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

The third Spider_Man film is a bit like a web that's been hanging in a dusty corner for years: it's so weighted down with sticky bits and pieces of past detritus that it's in danger of being ripped apart by the new prey.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/13/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

An everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink production that thrives on its boundless energy and the sheer audacity of its vision.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment 1 Comment
04/10/08
Rossiter Drake
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

Spider-Man 3 is so burdened by the need to outshine its predecessors that it sinks beneath the weight of its own extravagant excesses.

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment 2 Comments
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Different in all the right ways-- a complex, unpredictable attempt at giving its audience a lot to chew on. Pardon those of us who will take a flawed opus over bloated unoriginality.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
01/26/08
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Too many villains, too many pale plot strands, too many romantic misunderstandings, too many conversations, too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting "oooh!" this way, then swiveling and shouting "aaah!" that way.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 12 Comments
11/16/07
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Kids'll be dazzled, but story falls short of #2.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/31/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Another fine installment in this very fun and exciting comic book superhero movie series.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/05/07
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

There were more subplots meringued together than a single film can eat. With a twinge more fluff whipped in, this could have easily been Spider-Man 4, too.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
09/21/07
Adam Fendelman
Adam Fendelman
HollywoodChicago.com

It ends the trilogy not with a bang but neither with a whimper.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/14/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

It's been a fine if bumpy ride with Raimi down this corridor of Marvel Comics history, even if I'd love to see him working on something cheap and scrappily funny again.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

There are one too many teary redemptions, one too many airborne rescues and, finally, one too many climaxes. But we'll forgive Mr. Raimi his excesses.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

This third film is awful, it’s sloppy, and it’s mishandled in every aspect...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment 1 Comment
07/10/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Spider-Man 3 is impressive even in light of the fact that its unwieldy ambition often does more harm than good.

Full Review Source: Stranger Song | comment Comment
07/03/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Stranger Song

Sudeci po tome koliko je ovaj Spiderman potrosen, bilo bi bolje da se snimi remake.

Full Review Source: Index.hr | comment Comment
06/22/07
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Index.hr

A successful bit of thoughtful escapism that balances the sensory thrills of the number one with the more serious thoughts of number two.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
06/13/07
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
 
 
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