Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Movie Reviews (2024)

Superhero films suffer significantly from the law of diminishing returns as sequels strain to be better than their predecessors. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse stands out as the antithesis of this notion...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 7, 2024

One of the most artful and entertaining films of 2023, advancing the craft of animation in ways few have done previously.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 15, 2024

Across The Spider-Verse truly explodes the idea of what a comic book movie can be. This is thanks to the boundlessly exuberant and adventurous way it both constructs and captures its world(s) during this jaunt through the multiverse.

Full Review | Jan 13, 2024

The web-slinging sequel takes the Marvel superhero to new heights. The artistry is jaw-dropping, and the script is absorbing throughout.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Dec 30, 2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse leaves room for the moments that make its heroes humans worth caring about.

Full Review | Dec 29, 2023

It takes everything amazing about the first film and kicks it up a notch.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Dec 4, 2023

The problem is that I don’t see anything new being learned or discovered here. It's fun and the characters are engaging, but all of it is ultimately connected to past movies or themes. And it's familiar.

Full Review | Dec 3, 2023

The problem is that the movie is constantly, almost compulsively, deflecting in order not to make it too, too clear what it’s actually about.

Full Review | Nov 24, 2023

It's super fun, exciting, and surprising. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 26, 2023

…a hard-sell for a 60 year old product you already bought, used, grew out of and got bored of some time ago…

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is AMAZING and a REVOLUTIONARY achievement in animation. It’s a wild and darker journey that is FULL of JAW-DROPPING surprises. Spider-Man has never looked so good.

Full Review | Sep 20, 2023

Everything audiences have seen thus far from the first frame of "Into" to the last of "Across" means something to the larger story, and it’s been in front of us the whole time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 18, 2023

A sequel that’s just as good as its predecessor.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 9, 2023

For a 140 min film, you’ll feel like you’re in an art gallery in the sense that you know there’s not enough time in the day to see everything, so you go ahead and make an internal commitment to come back.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 7, 2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a brilliant film with empathetic writing and characters we care about not to mention a visual masterpiece. It transcends genre to be one of the most enjoyable and engrossing releases of 2023.

Full Review | Sep 6, 2023

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' travels worlds to upend its own status quo, spinning a truly unique and sometimes devastating narrative that finally matches its visual ambitions.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 2, 2023

A giddying swing through a dizzying array of animation styles, this sequel to ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is an epic joy-ride on the space-time continuum

Full Review | Aug 27, 2023

Thank you for the contrasting animation styles that express and enhance each separate universe. Thank you for the unparalleled artistry, the emotional story, the playful humor, and the invigorating action.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2023

Against all odds, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is even better than its predecessor laying credible claim to one of the strongest comic book entries ever. No need for an asterisk limiting it to just the animation category.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 19, 2023

The result is a production that is so overwhelming, it may never be fully appreciated even with a multiverse of viewings.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Aug 9, 2023