Tobey Maguire 'Black' in Action in Venomously Conflicted 'Spider-Man 3'

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2007)

CHICAGO  At the heart of every great film is a good conflict. In Spidey's third advent, his heart is venomously conflicted and so is the film.
Gargantuan props on the special effects. While certainly entertaining, that's no surprise. Some 200 Imageworks animators and 1,000 action artists in total were used to trump the previous two in the visuals department.
As for the story, though, there were more subplots meringued together than a single film can eat. With a twinge more fluff whipped in, this could have easily been "Spider-Man 4," too.
It's an optical joyride  yay!  and a cerebral discombobulation  ayiyiyi. The film's makers premeditated all 140 minutes  yes, you may find yourself checking your watch a couple times as that is two hours and 20 minutes  exactly for that effect.
Read the full review with production interviews at HollywoodChicago.com.