A Pure Fun Coming of Age Peter Parker Story

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2017)

For a suspension of belief plain old fun ride Spiderman: Homecoming hits a sweet spot. It plows a field of it's own by using a coming of age story where Peter is desperately wanting to elevate his game and learning he's rushing in without tempering his burgeoning abilities thus getting in over his head. Call it a superhero's school of hard knocks Add high school puberty and young love in the mix and you have a unique slant that makes Peter as human as he is super. Stark and Peter's assigned watchdog (Happy played by Jon Favreau) ) stay largely in the shadows as it's all Peter which works wonderfully. Special mention goes to the outlaw alien weapons dealer played by Michael Keaton whose smarmy mannerisms make a perfect enemy in that you like his screen time while you hope Peter brings him down. Early on I feared it might be too much of a teen movie but I was wrong as it just built Peter's young man blues to a critical mass. The humor was just right and regular too for a truly enjoyable and fun ride. The perfect antidote for all the dark Sci-Fii out there.