Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man (2002, USA) C-121m. ** D: Sam Raimi. Starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Randy Savage, Macy Gray, Scott Spiegel, Lucy Lawless, Robert Kerman, Stan Lee. Big-budget adaptation of the comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko is one big disappointment. Uninvolving plot, ordinary design (remember DICK TRACY or the BATMAN movies?), and special effects that make the film look like a computer game. What's left is some exciting action footage and Dafoe's great performance as the villain. Sticks relatively close to its source. Score cowritten by Danny Elfman.


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