Incredible romp-- but just a tad over the top

Rating: 7/10 (18 April 2019)

I really enjoyed this movie, not because of all the animation and special effects, but because of the character portrayals. Six Spider-people, all vastly different, even drawn / portrayed in different manner (some 3-D CGI some hand-drawn). The combination was a delight to watch and made the movie.
Peter Parker B was a little too stupid and goofy to be believable as Spiderman. Sure, he's been through a lot, and it's conceivable he'd be burned out. But they were just a bit too over the edge with the "washed out Spideran" routine.
On the other hand, SpiderGwen (Spider Woman? Wasn't that a different character?) was the exact opposite, and a delight. Proficient, smart, the exact opposite of the original Parker, they absolutely nailed that character.
Peter Porker was hilarious as expected. SpiderNoir was different and interesting. The anime SpiderGirl was VERY different and a joy to see thrown into the mix. Was enjoyable watching her working expertly at the control panel of her robot while munching down on snacks. Aunt May rocked.
The main character was realistic, flawed, confused, and the most human of the bunch. Very well done.
The reason I give this 8 stars instead of 10 is because the film would have sent an epileptic into grand mal seizures. Especially near the end of the film, the fight scene in the collider room was just excessively busy and confusing... almost to the point it became difficult to follow and unenjoyable. Turning the dial down about 5 notches might have made for a better, more plausible ending and allowed the audience to focus on what was going on rather than trying to figure out what was going on.
That was it's primary negative: just too busy. In any work of art, "too busy" is a major flaw. They needed to tone it down a bit in those final scenes. I'm sure it appealed greatly to the adrenaline junkies or young kids who have been brought up playing super-frenetic video games. For others though, that was like being force-fed a gourmet meal; too much and too fast to enjoy it.
Aside from that... there was some sort of quasi-red/blue 3D effect going on that wasn't really 3D effect (I tried viewing with my 3D glasses just to see. No dice.) I don't know what all that was about... but just added to the confusing nature of the animation and was totally unnecessary to the style.
Aside from that the movie was very well done. Good characters, good relationships between characters, stories to tell and well-told. Top of the bar when it comes to animated flicks; one of the best I've seen. If they'd have been a little less jump-the-shark at the end, would have been a near-perfect movie.