grosses, no gross-outs: good movie

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2002)

So far the silliest thing I'm read from a professional critic is, "The dialogue is too cartoon-ish."
A close second is (another critic) Roger Ebert's idea that the movie doesn't explore enough the horror of Peter Parker's metamorphosis. Like a Fly-style approach directed by David Cronenberg would have really hit the spot. Maybe a version where Toby has pinchers on his face and spends the movies screaming "Why, God, why!!!!! There must be no Godddddddd!"
But I think too big a deal is being made about opening grosses. I loved the movie, but opening grosses only show that there is a huge want-to-see factor. Also - and I realize this is a minor factor - at least in Canada May 3 was chosen as the date to usher in yet another bump up in admission fees.