Mr. Webb has some fun with the image of Spider-Man swinging through the urban canyons, and there are moments — as when the image freezes on the tucked, airborne Spider-Man ready to spring into action like an Olympian — the movie taps into the giddy freedom and near-unboundedness that the character's physical transformation has brought him... Once he comes down to earth, though, the movie does, too, with scenes of heavy destruction that quickly grow monotonous.
Manohla Dargis
mayo 1, 2014