Critics had high hopes for Tom Holland's Spider-Man after an appearance in last year's Captain America: Civil War. But can he handle a movie all his own? Apparently, yes. Critics have given Spider-Man: Homecoming a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, noting sometimes basic is just better. More:
- While "the movie ultimately gets a little big for its breeches, in a mayhem-and-effects-soaked climax that suffers from many of the excesses of other Marvel movies," most of Spider-Man: Homecoming maintains "a jokey, self-aware tone that is nicely evocative of the original comics," Michael O'Sullivan writes at the Washington Post. It's an "authentic, refreshingly nerdy and high-spirited reboot"—"it's Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Dark Knight."
- It's certainly more of a high school comedy than your typical superhero movie, but that's A-OK with Peter Travers at Rolling Stone. "There's a spontaneous charge to the film, a euphoric innocence, that makes it a much-needed antidote to stale franchise formula," he writes. Plus "Tom Holland is the best movie Spider-Man ever," making "you finally feel that your friendly neighborhood web-slinger deserves to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."