What's the fuss about?

Rating: 3/10 (14 December 2019)

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is yet another in an endless array of SPIDER-MAN screen adaptations, with a crucial twist: this one's animated. It tells a complex, science fiction-oriented story of parallel universes and alternate realities, where one Spider-person from each universe has to team up to defeat a master villain. On watching, my first thought was: what's the fuss about? This is a typical Saturday morning cartoon, nothing more. The animation is nothing special and the voice performances typically OTT. The story is both convoluted and not particularly interesting, with the end result a twee kid's adventure that ticks all the boxes without ever doing anything particularly interesting. Not for me, thanks.