Spider-Man 2
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 30, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
37
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
Never has a blockbuster, I would guess, required so many soliloquies. What with the mournful Molina, the hazed-over Dunst, and the puffy uncertainties of Maguire, we in the audience are the only ones who still believe, without qualification, in thrill and spill. Read full review
60
Film ThreatRick Kisonak
A silly comic book movie with provocative psychological overtones. Or a provocative character study with silly comic book overtones. Take your pick. Either way, it's hardly the cinematic milestone it's widely hailed as being. Read full review
40
SalonCharles Taylor
For a big-budget action movie Spider-Man 2 is modest and not assaultive -- it has a boring decency. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
As much as I enjoy Spidey's high-flying Cheez-Doodle swoops through the skyscraper canyons of a digitally rearranged midtown Manhattan, I get no kick from his angst, especially since in this incarnation, as opposed to the '60s comic book version, he's more innocuously depressed than defensively paranoid. Read full review
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