Spins a tangled web

Rating: 4/10 (23 March 2015)

The pressure to equal or surpass the outstanding 'Spider-Man 2' must've been great, but unfortunately Sony and director Sam Raimi decided that the only way to do it was to dial everything up to eleven and then rip the knob off.
There's simply too much stuffed into 'Spider-Man 3' for any of it to work. Even with the extended running time the focus is diffused, and as a result none of it makes an impact. To make matters worse, there's an odd tonal shift here, where the nice balance between humor and drama established in the first two films is ditched in favor of high camp.
With very little to recommend about it, 'Spider-Man 3' serves as a rather sour note on which to end the Raimi trilogy.