Entertaining, but not Fantastic...

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2002)

This film is one of the better comic book turned into a feature film It ranks up near Batman (1989). There are flaws and points that are annoying and unbearable.
Positives: 1. Danny Elfman's score should win him an Oscar. 2. Tobey Maguire further cements himself as an above average young actor. 3. The digital animation is, for the most part, unnoticeable. 4. Kirsten Dunst plays her role well.
Negatives: 1. The costume design is atrocious. No emotion is played out in action scenes. 2. James Franco just can't act. 3. The script does not account for the feelings of wierdness during the transformation into a spider-like creature. (The script in general is below average.)