Fun for the whole family

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2017)

This is the reboot we've been waiting for! This returns one of Marvel Comics most beloved heroes to his roots. Tom Holland delivers a young and energetic Spiderman that teens can admire and even like, while longtime MCU fans can enjoy the web crawlers interaction with other Marvel greats. The film returns Spidey to his high school beginnings, and without rehashing the origin story movie goers have seen over and again, follows his growth as a teen superhero in a larger MCU where the world is changing following the events of other Marvel movies. One of the films stronger points is that it doesn't go over board trying to get Peter Parker grown up in 2 hours, but rather allows him to grow and change naturally. Previous adaptations of the wall crawling hero have pushed through the characters youth into early adulthood, but this movie has as much fun with it as can be had. This is an exciting ride through a new spider-verse, where audiences can delight in watching the youthful Jr. Avenger grow up through the course of many adventures, of which this is the first! The dynamic relationship between Peter and mentor Tony Stark (Iron Man) is real and demonstrates the reliance of mentors to young people. The appearance, all-be-it via video screen, of Steve Rogers (Captain America) offering his insights to high school students added a humorous, but very real feeling look into the greater MCU, while keeping America's favorite web shooter at the center of the story. This was a film well worth every minute. It is deep, dramatic and tops it all off with just the right amount of action packed heroics.