Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Academy Award × 1
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Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
What critics thought
One of the most unanimously praised superhero films in recent memory, Spider-Verse won critics over with its genuinely inventive visual language — blending comic-book printing textures, pop-art color, and kinetic camerawork into something that felt unprecedented — and with a Miles Morales whose emotional arc struck many as more fully realized than the typical Marvel protagonist. The critical conversation wasn't really about whether it was good but about how to describe what made it so.
“An eye-popping and irreverent animated experience from the marvelous comic minds who brought you 21 Jump Street… Into the Spider-Verse is somehow both the nerdiest and most inviting superhero film in a long time; every single frame oozes with fan service.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“The greatest triumph and biggest surprise of the film is that it is an LSD freak-out on par with 2001: A Space Odyssey”
Oliver Jones·The New York Observer
“the freshest and most stimulating aspect of the film is the visual style, which unites the expected Marvel mix of 'universes' (it used to be assumed there was only one universe in creation) with animation that looks both computer-driven and hand-drawn, boasts futuristic as well as funky urban elements, moves the 'camera' a lot and brings together a melting pot of mostly amusing new characters.”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“What distinguishes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the end is that it takes its mission seriously, even when it's being transparently silly.”
Justin Chang·Los Angeles Times
“unlike any other superhero or animated film that has come before”
Katie Walsh·Tribune News Service
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
StarringShameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry
ComposerDaniel Pemberton
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Academy Award × 1
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
What critics thought
One of the most unanimously praised superhero films in recent memory, Spider-Verse won critics over with its genuinely inventive visual language — blending comic-book printing textures, pop-art color, and kinetic camerawork into something that felt unprecedented — and with a Miles Morales whose emotional arc struck many as more fully realized than the typical Marvel protagonist. The critical conversation wasn't really about whether it was good but about how to describe what made it so.
“An eye-popping and irreverent animated experience from the marvelous comic minds who brought you 21 Jump Street… Into the Spider-Verse is somehow both the nerdiest and most inviting superhero film in a long time; every single frame oozes with fan service.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“The greatest triumph and biggest surprise of the film is that it is an LSD freak-out on par with 2001: A Space Odyssey”
Oliver Jones·The New York Observer
“the freshest and most stimulating aspect of the film is the visual style, which unites the expected Marvel mix of 'universes' (it used to be assumed there was only one universe in creation) with animation that looks both computer-driven and hand-drawn, boasts futuristic as well as funky urban elements, moves the 'camera' a lot and brings together a melting pot of mostly amusing new characters.”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“What distinguishes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the end is that it takes its mission seriously, even when it's being transparently silly.”
Justin Chang·Los Angeles Times
“unlike any other superhero or animated film that has come before”
Katie Walsh·Tribune News Service
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
StarringShameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry
ComposerDaniel Pemberton
Rent/Purchase