Spider-Man: Far from Home
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 2, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 55 Critic Reviews
Positive:
39
Mixed:
16
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
92
The VergeTasha RobinsonJun 27, 2019
It’s an out-and-out triumph, an adrenaline blast of pure action and emotion that lives up to its predecessors and ably forwards the MCU story in memorable and even touching ways. Read full review
90
UproxxMike RyanJun 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is a heck of a lot of fun. And I can’t get over how great of a Mysterio movie this is. Read full review
88
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJul 1, 2019
Sometimes, a movie can just make you feel better, and that’s no small gift. Read full review
88
IGNJim VejvodaJun 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is great fun, filled with heart, humor and lots of cool stuff for fans to geek out over. Read full review
85
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJun 27, 2019
If anything, and this is a compliment, the film frequently feels like a charming teen road-trip comedy that occasionally turns into a superhero movie. Read full review
83
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJun 27, 2019
Ultimately, Spider-Man Far From Home turns all its intelligent themes into a triumphant story of self-belief for Peter Parker. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineMichael BurginJul 10, 2019
It’s (relatively) small, sincere and funny, and has more than your usual MCU allotment of post-credit bombshells. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlan NgJul 3, 2019
What I can say is Jake Gyllenhaal is fantastic in this movie. I was skeptical about bringing in Mysterio as the potential antagonist (villain), and he exceeded my expectations. The FX-team transferred Mysterio’s powers from comic book page to the big screen beautifully. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelJul 2, 2019
“Far From Home” ends up being one of the more entertaining and satisfying installments in Marvel’s never-ending story cycle, thanks to a tautly constructed narrative that packs in plenty of fan service without getting overly complicated. Read full review
80
TimeStephanie ZacharekJun 28, 2019
The whole teenage soap opera is so pleasurable, and the performers so much fun to watch, that it’s a drag when Spider-Man: Far from Home has to get down to the business of being a regular old superhero movie. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 27, 2019
In its strangest, most arresting moments, Spider-Man: Far From Home doesn’t just pull the rug out from under you; it tumbles down its own rabbit hole, winding up somewhere in the vicinity of Pixar’s “The Incredibles” (whose composer, Michael Giacchino, also wrote this movie’s bustling score) and Chuck Jones’ classic animated short “Duck Amuck.” Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 27, 2019
The key to the new movie’s appeal, apart from the fact that Tom Holland acts with far greater confidence and verve in the title role, is that the entire film is a bit of a fake-out, and I mean that in a very positive way. Read full review
80
Total FilmJordan FarleyJun 27, 2019
Another home run for the MCU that puts Pete’s responsibilities in a post-Iron Man world front and centre during a rib-tickling summer romance. Whatever you do, don’t skip the credits. Read full review
80
EmpireBen TravisJun 27, 2019
It’s not quite the home-run of Homecoming, but Far From Home isn’t far from matching it, with heaps of humour, energetic action, and the answers Endgame left you craving. Read full review
80
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJun 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is best viewed as the dessert at the end of an elaborate and overindulgent tasting menu. You’ve already eaten twenty-two courses, you’re totally stuffed and in no mood for more food, and then they bring out the cookie sampler with eight different kinds of homemade sweets and of course you eat it and you’re even more full than before but it was worth it because the cookie sampler is amazing. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 27, 2019
Far From Home never forgets that it's a teen comedy-drama-romance, just wrapped up in a superhero story. But oh, that wrapping. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 2, 2019
Spider-Man: Far from Home works best when viewed as an epilogue to "Avengers: Endgame" (and, by extension, the entire MCU multi-film arc to this point) instead of a stand-alone adventure. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerGary ThompsonJul 2, 2019
The value and uses of spectacle become part of the story in Far From Home, which can be read as a bit of playful in-house MCU criticism of CGI fatigue. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 2, 2019
Spider-Man: Far from Home isn’t really a superhero movie. It’s a wholesome teen comedy disguised as a superhero movie. Read full review
75
The Associated PressMark KennedyJun 29, 2019
The thing keeping this together is Holland. He is utterly endearing as a goofy, insecure now-16-year-old hero with a cracked cellphone and who often makes things worse, apologizing along the way. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayJun 28, 2019
Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon (as Peter’s best friend, Ned) convincingly convey adolescent awkwardness, despite the fact that they’re all in their 20s. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubJun 27, 2019
It’s mostly delightful; a fun movie that successfully hits the reset button for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read full review
75
The AtlanticDavid SimsJun 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is a bouncy addition to a bulging franchise, with just enough fringe zaniness to help it stand out from the pack. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 27, 2019
Far from Home gets that all-important “tone” just right, over-the-top silliness in which no one involved, from screenwriter and director to cast and crew, ever lets us forget that they’re in on the joke. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 27, 2019
It’s good. It’s fun. It goes out of its way to salute the visual effects armies that have made the MCU what it is today, for better or worse. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 27, 2019
Serving as an “Endgame” epilogue, director Jon Watts’ sequel isn’t as tightly focused or effortlessly charming as 2017’s “Homecoming,” yet it continues Holland’s amazing Spidey run and introduces Jake Gyllenhaal in his top-notch first comic-book role. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 27, 2019
It’s a zesty and sweet and satisfying but not an overly dark slice of entertainment, bursting with pyrotechnics and sprinkled with sharp humor and infused with just enough life-and-death ingredients to keep you interested throughout. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichJun 27, 2019
Far From Home succeeds with an unusual, troubling virtue: The best parts are the most fake. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeJun 27, 2019
Jon Watts deftly weaves the epic and the mundane aspects of Spider-Man’s existence throughout the film. Read full review
70
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 1, 2019
There’s no contrived digital sleight-of-hand in Spider-Man: Far From Home that can match what Holland does: He makes the MCU feel new again. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJun 29, 2019
The second half of Spider-Man: Far from Home is a single, scary, brilliantly sustained climax in which what’s real seems just as improbable as what isn’t. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 27, 2019
The high-school comedy bits of “Far From Home,” while not especially original, have a sweet, affable charm. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJun 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home is the upbeat teenage "road trip" comedy antidote to post-Endgame doom and gloom that Marvel fans deserve. Read full review
67
Original-CinJim SlotekJul 2, 2019
Having finally honed the most enjoyably human superhero in the Marvel Universe, it seems “off” to want to ramp him up with tech. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJun 27, 2019
In another self-reflexive move, Far From Home transfers the real dilemma back to the filmmakers: The character comedy is great fun, and the action spectacle often feels like their responsible burden. Read full review
65
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJun 27, 2019
If yet another Marvel movie is a little self-conscious about being yet another Marvel movie, does that excuse it from being, well, yet another Marvel movie? That’s the tricky territory that Spider-Man: Far From Home finds itself in. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJul 3, 2019
Like its predecessor, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home is content to be a high-school movie first and a superhero saga second. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 2, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home changes the scenery but can’t quite match the inspired heights of its predecessor. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 28, 2019
In five years’ time, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Far from Home ranked near the bottom of everyone’s favourite MCU efforts – the film evaporates, Endgame-style, immediately after viewing. Read full review
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