A bit too much romance, but still dang good

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2002)

This movie has been a touch overpraised but it's still a whole lot of fun. The main drag on the film is the love story. It's a perfectly fine love story, and plenty believable. But way too much time is devoted to it.
Besides that there are plenty of supercool action scenes. Macguire does a pretty good job of playing the geeky awkward pre-superpowers Peter as well as the fully realized superhero. I really didn't think he had it in him. And J. K Simmons does an excellent job playing a protaganist without making you think "Hey it's that guy from Oz."
I've noticed that a good deal of the negative reviews here tout the author's membership in the Cool Person Club. Ignore these. Some people judge the quality of a movie by how many people have seen it.