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Spider-Man: No Way Home

“The Multiverse unleashed.”

7.9
2021
2h 28m
ActionAdventureScience Fiction
Director: Jon Watts

Overview

Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

Full Plot (Spoilers)

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After Quentin Beck (Mysterio) frames Peter Parker for a drone attack and reveals his secret identity to the world, Peter’s life is disrupted. While legal charges are dismissed with the help of lawyer Matt Murdock, the public remains divided.

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The Cost of the Mask

For most of Tom Holland's run, Peter Parker has felt like a bright kid borrowing gear from a billionaire and trying not to trip over it. That version of Spider-Man was charming enough, but it missed some of the bruised working-class sorrow that sits at the center of the comics. *Spider-Man: No Way Home* finally makes him pay for wearing the suit. Jon Watts, who spent the earlier movies leaning into a John Hughes-style teen bounce, suddenly yanks the floor away and forces Peter to decide what being Spider-Man actually costs.

A reality-bending chase

How the movie gets there is undeniably messy. Peter's identity gets exposed, he asks Doctor Strange for a magical fix, and the spell predictably detonates the plot. The multiverse logic barely survives casual inspection. A lot of it does feel like a boardroom-friendly contraption built to cram as many familiar faces on screen as possible. Bernard Boo at PopMatters called it a "fan-service extravaganza," which is fair enough. But Watts manages to use that corporate gimmick for something truer, which is to test the oldest Spider-Man principle of all: doing exhausting, unglamorous good for people who may not thank you for it.

The mirror dimension collapsing

You can watch that burden settle directly into Holland's body. In the earlier films, he carries Peter with a springy eagerness, always reaching outward. Then comes the condo fight against Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, and the entire physical vocabulary changes. Holland's shoulders cave. The acrobatic lightness disappears and gets replaced by ugly, desperate force. Dafoe, grinning through blood, is still a nightmare twenty years later, and Holland meets him not with quips but with fury. The choreography drops the floaty Marvel sheen and turns into cramped grappling that looks like it genuinely hurts. Holland, who had often been asked to play the chipper kid in the room, taps something harsher and less polished here. It is the first time this Peter really feels dangerous.

Three generations on the scaffolding

The arrival of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield should, in theory, reduce the movie to a standing ovation for intellectual property. Somehow it doesn't. The older Spider-Men aren't there just so the audience can clap at recognition. The script uses them like survivors comparing scars. Garfield especially brings a raw, uneasy ache with him, turning the history of his own interrupted franchise into something emotionally useful. When he dives to catch a falling MJ (Zendaya), the terror and relief on his face register all at once. It plays like a rescue and an apology in the same breath.

By the end, the movie wipes Peter's life almost completely clean. For a blockbuster this large, the ending is weirdly lonely. No Stark tech, no billionaire safety net, no remembered relationships, just a lousy apartment and a sewing machine. Maybe that reset is a cynical franchise maneuver. Maybe it's the first honest thing Marvel has done with the character in years. Either way, when Peter steps into the snowy New York night in a homemade suit, it finally feels like he's arrived at the version of Spider-Man the movies had been circling all along.

Clips (14)

Enter Sandman (And Electro)

Peter Brings Villains To Happy's Condo

All The Peters Assemble! [ENG SUB]

The Condo Fight Scene

Curing The Villains

The Villains Come To Fight

Lola's Request

All Three Spideys Learn About Each Other

First 10 Minutes Extended Preview

Clip - Walking Corpses

Clip - Mirror Dimension

Clip - Catch

Clip - Peter Ruins Runes

Clip - Outed

Featurettes (22)

A Spectacular Spider Journey With Tom Holland

Matt Murdock Deleted Scene [ENG SUB]

A Special Message from Peter 3

Heroes Reunited

Easter Eggs (Part 3)

Easter Eggs (Part 2)

Ned’s Bogus Adventure

Multiverse of Miscreants

Easter Eggs (Part 1)

Easter Eggs

The Amazing Peter #3

A Spectacular Spider-Journey

Catching Up with Jamie Foxx

Lie Detector with Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon

SPOILERS: Tom Holland & Zendaya On Tobey and Andrew and Spider-Man: No Way Home's Ending

In Conversation with Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield

Cartoon Network Presents ‘Twas the Night Before

Who'd You Rather

Ultimate Holiday Movie

Cast Catch-Up

Return of the Villains Vignette

Villains Panel

Behind the Scenes (13)

Action Choreography Across The Multiverse - Behind The Scenes

Multiverse of Miscreants - Behind The Scenes

Special Features - Jamie Foxx

Special Features - Alfred Molina

Special Features - Willem Dafoe

Special Features - A Special Bond

Special Features - Connecting with Peter Parker

Special Features - Journey

Special Features - Condo Fight

Special Features - Action Choreography

Special Features - Suiting Up

Special Features Preview

Behind-The-Scenes

Bloopers (4)

Gag Reel

Gag Reel (Part 3)

Gag Reel (Part 2)

Gag Reel