Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
1 Oscar Nominations
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After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
What critics thought
Across the Spider-Verse earned near-universal admiration for animation that critics called a genuine leap forward — each spider-verse rendered in its own distinct visual language, with storytelling genuinely entrusted to the medium rather than just dressed up by it. The main fault line ran between those who found the relentless set-piece momentum exhilarating and those who felt the plotting sagged under too many monologues and action sequences that dazzled the eye without quite engaging the pulse.
“Like the work of a young artist who refuses to be restrained by the borders of the frame, Across the Spider-Verse is loaded with incredible imagery and fascinating ideas. It is a smart, thrilling piece of work that reminded me of other great part twos like The Dark Knight and The Empire Strikes Back.”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“Across the Spider-Verse looks incredible, even better than the groundbreaking first installment, but what's truly impressive about it is how willing it is to entrust its storytelling to its animation.”
Alison Willmore·Vulture
“Typically for Lord and Miller, the upshot is both adventurous and conformist, an outwardly bold reimagining of the material that never stops congratulating us for our brand loyalty, and which plays it safer in plot terms than the early sequences might lead you to hope.”
Jake Wilson·The Age
“It's a bit too much at times, but it's also pretty great, and it'll be a huge surprise if the third chapter in the trilogy isn't equally entertaining.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorKemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos
StarringShameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson
ComposerDaniel Pemberton
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
1 Oscar Nominations
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
What critics thought
Across the Spider-Verse earned near-universal admiration for animation that critics called a genuine leap forward — each spider-verse rendered in its own distinct visual language, with storytelling genuinely entrusted to the medium rather than just dressed up by it. The main fault line ran between those who found the relentless set-piece momentum exhilarating and those who felt the plotting sagged under too many monologues and action sequences that dazzled the eye without quite engaging the pulse.
“Like the work of a young artist who refuses to be restrained by the borders of the frame, Across the Spider-Verse is loaded with incredible imagery and fascinating ideas. It is a smart, thrilling piece of work that reminded me of other great part twos like The Dark Knight and The Empire Strikes Back.”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“Across the Spider-Verse looks incredible, even better than the groundbreaking first installment, but what's truly impressive about it is how willing it is to entrust its storytelling to its animation.”
Alison Willmore·Vulture
“Typically for Lord and Miller, the upshot is both adventurous and conformist, an outwardly bold reimagining of the material that never stops congratulating us for our brand loyalty, and which plays it safer in plot terms than the early sequences might lead you to hope.”
Jake Wilson·The Age
“It's a bit too much at times, but it's also pretty great, and it'll be a huge surprise if the third chapter in the trilogy isn't equally entertaining.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
DirectorKemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos
StarringShameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson
ComposerDaniel Pemberton
Rent/Purchase