Spider-Man Movie Review 2002

Raimi does a little 21st-century updating of the Marvel comic hero, who first made his appearance back in 1962, but remembers to keep the heart along with the action. Peter Parker (Maguire) is a nerdy teenager who gets tongue-tied every time he's around the babe of his dreams--Mary Jane Watson (Dunst). His life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider and takes on weird arachnid traits, such as strength, agility, wall crawling, web shooting, and swinging. After a family tragedy, the newly monickered Spider-Man becomes a crime fighter. His nemesis is, of course, the Green Goblin (Dafoe), who himself has a dual identity.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 121 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from Comics, Super Heroes, Torn in Two (or More), New York, New York, Mad Scientists, Bad Dads, Boom!, Director/Star Teams: Raimi & Campbell, Director/Star Teams: Raimi & 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Top Grossing Films of 2002, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews, Wrestling

Screenplay

David Koepp

Cast

Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn, Jack Betts, Joe Manganiello, Stanley Anderson, Ron Perkins, Theodore (Ted) Raimi, Larry Joshua, Michael (Mike) Papajohn, Joseph (Joe) D'Onofrio

Cinematography

Don Burgess

Director

Sam Raimi

Music

Danny Elfman

Other

Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Edward Novick, Bob Murawski, Arthur Coburn, Tony Fanning, Stella Vaccaro, James Acheson, Neil Spisak

Producer

Laura Ziskin, Ian Bryce, Marvel Enterprises, Columbia Pictures