SpiderManFarFromHome: Film Review
At its best as a look at a few awkward teenagers amusingly coming out of their shells during a summer tour through Europe, this second installment in the latest live-action Spider-Man reboot founders as it stomps through picturesque old cities in a series of ill-motivated and less-than-awesome action set-pieces. The young cast, led by Tom Holland as the bashful web-slinger and Zendaya as a shy girl slow to lose her inhibitions, is plenty appealing as well as funny.
It's unfortunate but possibly true that the best scene in the film comes early on, when Peter tries to strategically arrange things on the long flight to Venice so he can sit next to MJ. The comic mix-up that prevents this is quite amusing and well-managed so as to stick the kid in the worst seat possible, and director Jon Watts proves himself rather good at this sort of thing.
It's not revealing much to disclose that the man behind these mean-spirited attacks on venerable buildings and hapless bystanders is one Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio . This latter name is quite fitting in that the man's rationale for all the wanton destruction, when ultimately disclosed, proves not only mysterious but not terribly convincing, quite unworthy of all the trouble caused.
Similarly coming up short are the physical manifestations of Mysterio's infernos and Spidey's efforts to combat them. In an era of ever-more impressive and realistic special effects, those on view here seem rather hokey and ill-judged.
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