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Genres:
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance
Language:
English
Running time:
2:19:10
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Tobey Maguire Peter Parker/Spider-Man
  2. Kirsten Dunst Mary Jane Watson
  3. James Franco Harry Osborn/New Goblin
  4. Thomas Haden Church Sandman/Flint Marko
  5. Topher Grace Venom/Eddie Brock
  6. Bryce Dallas Howard Gwen Stacy
  7. Rosemary Harris May Parker
  8. J.K. Simmons J. Jonah Jameson
  9. James Cromwell Captain Stacy
  10. Theresa Russell Emma Marko

Directors

  1. Sam Raimi

Producers

  1. Laura Ziskin
  2. Avi Arad
  3. Grant Curtis

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Spider-Man 3

Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger is back, only this time his sunny outlook has become partially overcast in the third chapter of director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man saga. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco return to reprise their roles from the previous two installments, with Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard making their first appearances in the series as Flint Marko (aka Sandman), Eddie Brock (aka Venom... Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger is back, only this time his sunny outlook has become partially overcast in the third chapter of director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man saga. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco return to reprise their roles from the previous two installments, with Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard making their first appearances in the series as Flint Marko (aka Sandman), Eddie Brock (aka Venom), and Gwen Stacy, respectively. Peter Parker (Maguire) has finally leaned to walk the middle ground between being the superhero that his city needs and the man that Mary Jane (Dunst) loves. All is well in New York City until one night, as Peter and M.J. sit gazing at the stars, a falling comet streams across the sky and crashes into the ground close by. But this isn't any ordinary shooting star, and upon impact the mysterious space rock is split open to reveal a shape-shifting symbiote with the power to overtake anything that it comes into contact with. Later, as Harry Osborn (James Franco) acquires his late father's flying board, engineers a powerful new Goblin outfit, and takes to the sky to avenge dad's death, the mysterious space sludge infects both Peter's Spider-Man suit and ambitious street photographer Eddie Brock (Grace). Peter's strange new suit gives him a newfound sense of power as it gradually overpowers his personality, and he discovers that escaped convict Flint Marko was in fact the man responsible for the death of Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson). Unfortunately for Peter, Marko has recently acquired the power to morph at will and quickly completes his transformation into the dreaded Sandman. As the Sandman gives in to his darkest criminal instincts and the slithering space symbiote transforms Eddie Brock into the nightmarish fanged villain known as Venom, the citizens of New York City must once again call on Spider-Man to fend off destructive forces that are far too powerful for the likes of mortal man.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

63%Tomatometer score: 63% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Bob Mondello, NPR.org At 141 minutes, this supe-opera is seriously overextended, with four distinct subplots and way too much hand-wringing over things like the heroine's singing career. – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Too many villains, too many pale plot strands, too many romantic misunderstandings, too many conversations, too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting "oooh!" this way, then... – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com Raimi at least manages to make it both huge and human. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal After two epic successes that deserved their success, the latest installment swings between intense action sequences and unaccountably flat dramatic interludes. – Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    James Berardinelli, ReelViews One has to consider that the film's problems -- and they are numerous -- may be the product of the franchise's runaway popularity. – Full review External link

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