Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 243
Fresh: 153 | Rotten: 90
Though there are more characters and plotlines, and the action sequences still dazzle, Spider-Man 3 nonetheless isn't quite as refined as the first two.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 51
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 28
Though there are more characters and plotlines, and the action sequences still dazzle, Spider-Man 3 nonetheless isn't quite as refined as the first two.
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Tobey Maguire
Peter Parker/Spider-Man -
Kirsten Dunst
Mary Jane Watson -
James Franco
Harry Osborn, Harry Osb... -
Thomas Haden Church
Sandman/Flint Marko -
Topher Grace
Venom/Eddie Brock -
Bryce Dallas Howard
Gwen Stacy -
Rosemary Harris
Aunt May, May Parker -
J.K. Simmons
J. Jonah Jameson -
James Cromwell
Captain Stacy -
Theresa Russell
Emma Marko -
Dylan Baker
Dr. Curt Connors -
Bill Nunn
Joseph "Robbie" Roberts... -
Bruce Campbell
Maitre d', Snooty Usher -
Elizabeth Banks
Miss Brant -
Ted Raimi
Hoffman -
Perla Haney-Jardine
Penny Marko -
Willem Dafoe
Green Goblin/Norman Osb... -
Cliff Robertson
Ben Parker -
Elya Baskin
Mr. Ditkovitch -
Mageina Tovah
Ursula -
John Paxton
Houseman -
Becky Ann Baker
Mrs. Stacy -
Stan Lee
Man In Times Square -
Michael Papajohn
Dennis Caradine/Carjack... -
Joe Manganiello
Flash Thompson -
Hal Fishman
Anchorman -
Lucy Gordon
Jennifer Dugan -
Steve Valentine
Photographer -
Tim Maculan
Play Director -
Marc Vann
Play Producer -
Joe Bays
Jazz Club Manager -
Gregg L. Daniel
Precinct Detective -
Rogelio T. Ramos
Emergency Room Doctor -
Timothy Patrick Quill
Crane Operator -
Menachem Mendel
Kid In Times Square -
Boymelgreen
Kid In Times Square -
Nasir Stewart
Kid In Times Square -
Austin Hendrickson
Kid In Times Square -
Taylor Hemhauser
Kid In Times Square -
Kathryn Bryding
Woman Outside Theatre -
Joe Virzi
Police Detective -
Bill E. Rogers
New Jersey State Police... -
Mike Alexander
New Jersey State Police... -
April D. Parker
Test Site Technician -
Edward Padilla
Test Site Technician -
Robert Curtis-Brown
Test Site Technician -
Paul Terrell Clayton
Test Site Technician -
Carolyn Neff
Test Site Technician -
Christina Cindrich
Test Site Technician -
Sonya Maddox
ICU Nurse -
Andre Blake
Crane Disaster Radio Po... -
Derrick Thomas
Cop At Crane Disaster -
Jessi Collins
Mary Jane's Replacement -
Michael McLaughlin
Boy At Keys To The City... -
Anne Gartian
Councilwoman -
Emilio Rivera
Policeman At Sand Truck... -
Keith Woulard
Policeman At Sands Trac... -
Rey Gallegos
Armoured Car Driver -
Jim Coope
Newsstand Patron -
Dean Edwards
Newsstand Patron -
Margaret Laney
Newsstand Patron -
Toni Wynne
Congratulatory Woman At... -
Aimee Miles
Coffee Shop Waitress -
Tanya Sinovec
Jazz Club Waitress -
Mark Kubr
Jazz Club Bouncer -
Emma Raimi
Girl With Camera -
Lorne Raimi
Boy At The Final Battle -
Henry Raimi
Boy At The Final Battle -
Samantha Ressler
Girl At The Final Battl... -
Alan Cohn
Jazz Club Musician -
Dan Callahan
Jazz Club Musician -
Ronald King
Jazz Club Musician -
Carol Chaikin
Jazz Club Musician -
Dan Cummings
Jazz Club Musician -
Vance Hammond
Jazz Club Musician -
Alfred Molina
Dr. Otto Octavius AKA D... -
Donna Murphy
Rosalie Octavius -
Daniel Gillies
John Jameson -
Vanessa Ferlito
Louise -
Aasif Mandvi
Mr. Aziz -
Brooke Adams
Felicia Hardy -
Joel McHale
Mr. Jacks -
Jason Ortiz
Henry
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All Critics (243) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (153) | Rotten (90) | DVD (28)
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.
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 swiveling and shouting "aaah!" that way.
Nap time. Perhaps it's the weight of expectations, the rattle of a zillion calculators or the curse of Bryce Dallas Howard (forever our Lady in the Water), but the latest Spider-Man is a fussy, dispirited affair.
Notwithstanding a cute scene in which Peter enlists suave maitre d' Bruce Campbell to help him propose to Mary Jane, director Sam Raimi's juggling of the comedy and the action is unusually flat-footed.
Raimi at least manages to make it both huge and human.
After two epic successes that deserved their success, the latest installment swings between intense action sequences and unaccountably flat dramatic interludes.
This is at least two movies crammed into one, and the seams are splitting; three villains, two love interests and a partridge in a pear tree means that Spider-Man has to fight for attention in his own film.
Spiderman 3 is best described as a Mexican soap opera with mind-blowing special effects.
It's hard to complain of having too much going on, and the film is certainly extremely well crafted, but it's too ambitious and never quite meets its goals.
Another third installment, another arrested adolescent gone wild
Sam Raimi and company should have ... made a movie and not an f/x tapas plate.
You know that the third Spider-Man had to be bigger. The third movie in a franchise goes for broke. And Spider-Man 3 is bigger, if not better. It's overdone, overlong, and overplotted. It's all over the place. This does not mean Spider-Man 3
It is like a buffet. You look at the cast and trailers and you just start drooling over all the options. But they just overdid it, stuffing you with filler, and the juicy part of the film didn't start until it was halfway through.
The third Spider_Man film is a bit like a web that's been hanging in a dusty corner for years: it's so weighted down with sticky bits and pieces of past detritus that it's in danger of being ripped apart by the new prey.
An everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink production that thrives on its boundless energy and the sheer audacity of its vision.
Spider-Man 3 is so burdened by the need to outshine its predecessors that it sinks beneath the weight of its own extravagant excesses.
Different in all the right ways-- a complex, unpredictable attempt at giving its audience a lot to chew on. Pardon those of us who will take a flawed opus over bloated unoriginality.
Kids will be dazzled, but the story falls short of No. 2.
Another fine installment in this very fun and exciting comic book superhero movie series.
There were more subplots meringued together than a single film can eat. With a twinge more fluff whipped in, this could have easily been Spider-Man 4, too.
It ends the trilogy not with a bang but neither with a whimper.
It's been a fine if bumpy ride with Raimi down this corridor of Marvel Comics history, even if I'd love to see him working on something cheap and scrappily funny again.
There are one too many teary redemptions, one too many airborne rescues and, finally, one too many climaxes. But we'll forgive Mr. Raimi his excesses.
This third film is awful, it's sloppy, and it's mishandled in every aspect...
Audience Reviews for Spider-Man 3
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Movies Like Spider-Man 3
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- Mr. Ditkovitch: Give me rent.
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man: You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!
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- Harry Osborn: How do you like that, Spidey?
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- Peter Parker/Spider-Man: Stings, doesn't it?
- Harry Osborn/New Goblin: I protected you in high school, and now I'm gonna kick your little ass!
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man: [sarcastically] Ooohh.
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- Venom/Eddie Brock: I like being bad, it makes me happy.
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- Norman Osborne/Green Goblin: [throws new spinning pumpkin blades]
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man: God, I hate those things!
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- Coffee Shop Waitress: How's the pie?
- Harry Osborn/New Goblin: So good.
Discussion Forum
Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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It wasn't that bad | 56 days ago | 12 |
Explain this to me... | 12 days ago | 3 |
Does anyone think that Sandman was unnecessary for this film?What about Venom? A dancing Spider-man? | 8 days ago | 2 |
63% | 8 days ago | 1 |
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