Spider-Man: Homecoming

This is Ferris Bueller's Day Off but with Spiderman.

What makes this homecoming fun is [Tom] Holland, who seems as excited about Spider-Man as his classmates even though he is Spider-Man.

If "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is to be judged solely on its ability to unite a diverse audience behind a fun motion picture, it seems to have succeeded wildly.

A strangely oblivious film, one that undercuts its story with exactly the sort of praise-hungriness that its hero learns to overcome.

This is a charming, funny, coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old, Peter Parker, who has more power than he can handle and at the same time is frustrated that he can't show it off.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a sublime coming out party for the teenage wall-crawler.

Not only does Tom Holland look like the web-slinging high schooler, but he nails the Peter Parker persona. He is super likable, and relatable, a smart ass band geek but also vulnerable and naive.

There is no doubt that Spider-Man: Homecoming sticks the landing when it comes to re-invention. Tom Holland's casting is crucial to the movie's success, and his naturalistic performance goes a long way in making this work on multiple levels.

The film was a refreshingly scaled-down take on Parker’s journey as a superhero. Even the billionaire Iron Man tech he uses, you still enjoy Parker as a scrappy underdog fighting for what he loves.



If it wasn't apparent before, it's super apparent now that Marvel Studios understands their characters better than anyone else does.