Spider-Man: Homecoming

What makes this homecoming fun is [Tom] Holland, who seems as excited about Spider-Man as his classmates even though he is Spider-Man.

If "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is to be judged solely on its ability to unite a diverse audience behind a fun motion picture, it seems to have succeeded wildly.

A strangely oblivious film, one that undercuts its story with exactly the sort of praise-hungriness that its hero learns to overcome.

This is a charming, funny, coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old, Peter Parker, who has more power than he can handle and at the same time is frustrated that he can't show it off.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a sublime coming out party for the teenage wall-crawler.

The youthful vibe of this character reset, with its sense of humor and its light touch, makes Spider-Man: Homecoming one of the most enjoyable Marvel movies in years.

The film was a refreshingly scaled-down take on Parker’s journey as a superhero. Even the billionaire Iron Man tech he uses, you still enjoy Parker as a scrappy underdog fighting for what he loves.



If it wasn't apparent before, it's super apparent now that Marvel Studios understands their characters better than anyone else does.

Thankfully the strengths of “Homecoming” outweigh the weaknesses, but just barely.

Spider-Man: Homecoming does more than restore our enthusiasm for earthbound characters by reminding us that superheroes don't always need to save the planet, galaxy, or space-time continuum.