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Spider-Man

2002 Directed by Sam Raimi

With great power comes great responsibility.

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.

Tobey Maguire Willem Dafoe Kirsten Dunst James Franco Cliff Robertson Rosemary Harris J.K. Simmons Joe Manganiello Bill Nunn Michael Papajohn Elizabeth Banks Ron Perkins Randy Savage Octavia Spencer Lucy Lawless Bruce Campbell Ted Raimi Stan Lee Macy Gray Johnny Trí Nguyễn Robert Kerman Gerry Becker K. K. Dodds Jack Betts Stanley Anderson Shan Omar Huey John Paxton Jayce Bartok Sara Ramirez Show All…

Alternative Titles

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fantasy action

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Popular reviews

Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★½ 3

why does Willem Dafoe need to wear that giant green goblin mask when it's identical to his normal facial expression
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★½ 31

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Something I only noticed in recent years about this film in particular that stands out among everything else is the final moments between Peter and M.J.

Throughout the film, Peter makes it clear that he's doing most of what he does in order to gain her affection, but through that process, she starts to become less and less of a main goal, due to both of their lives seemingly going off in different directions. And then, just when both have been at their lowest points, she's willing to thrown herself to him at a point where her ex had just lost his father, finally realizing how much she loves him.

What made this stand out to me on this watch…
Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 9

SPIDER-MAN >>>>>>>>>> THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Review by IHE ★★★ 35

Back to formula?
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★½ 13

Name a more iconic PSA for excessive masturbation and erectile dysfunction. I'll wait.

(I've been sitting here for twenty minutes trying to think of something serious to say about this movie but I peaked from the sentence above and haven't thought of anything since so I'm so sorry I'm pure trash that will probably write something better about this movie soon)
Review by jose ★★★★ 3

my mom completely out of nowhere: OCTAVIA SPENCER?!?!

Recent reviews

Review by Rolymo ★★★½

Good but not the best Sam reyney spiderman
Review by GWXInternet ★★★★

Overall Score: 👍76%

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Review by AndyA1mighty ★★★★½

Spider-Man is Fantastic, though this movie may be dated a little it still holds up as a great movie. The pacing is superb, the acting is great, the characters are fun and entertaining, the score is excellent,it’s beautifully shot, really entertaining and creative, and has such a fascinating style by making fun of how stupid and over the top this movie while at the same time using that over the top ness to its advantage to be funny and have meaning. It’s more charmingly cartoonish in that sense. Really the best part about the movie is Willem Dafoe’s amazing performance and the character of Peter Parker, Willem Dafoe plays a really good villain how has an interesting motivation and intimidating…
Review by Mr. Hyphen ★★★★

This movie is so fantastically cheesy in a way only Sam Raimi could do.
Review by kylo ryan ★★★

oh DEAR this did not hold up
Review by dwood12 ★★★★

80/100
Review by Bryce D.K.B. ★★★★

Yeah, you bet I'm biased with nostalgia. This superhero movie actual has a style to it with Sam Raimi's signature and the same can't be said for the majority of them Marvel or DC movies (the closest they come to having any sort of creative distinction is with James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy movies). I cannot deny how this movie has a major influence on my love for movies at a young age. I was in elementary school and junior high during the release of this trilogy and this first one is just endlessly quotable. My wife and I were saying so many lines of the hokey dialogue when watched it today. Fat from perfect, but boy is it a good time.
Review by J Moon ★★★½ 2

Willem Dafoe is one of the greatest yet underappreciated actors of our time.

Change my mind.
Review by thatsandi ★★★★

childhood favorite and it holds up period