Spider-Man 3 Dazzles And Fizzles!

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2007)

Spider-Man 3 is bigger and more spectacular than its predecessors. It's also proof positive that Sam Raimi should have never let Avi Arad persuade him to add Venom to the film. There are enough good-to-great moments to recommend Spidey 3 but, in the end, the sum of its parts is a good deal less than its whole...
There are at least three really good movies mashed up in Spider-Man 3: an angst-filled romantic drama that features Peter, MJ and Harry; a prison escape because of extremely extenuating circumstances, featuring Spidey, Marko (now the familiar Sandman) and his dying daughter; and the competition between Brock and Peter for the new staff job at the Bugle. Each of them - indeed, any two of them - could have led to a brilliant film, but all three just wind up getting in each other's way.
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