The Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiere just finished in Los Angeles and, as a result, the first reactions are in.
As is traditional, these are the online outlet reactions. The print media reactions will be out later today.
So, without further ado, to the summary pages!
“Really loved #SpiderMan Brand New Day. It’s so joyful and emotional, investigating/celebrating/deconstructing both the character and his power as a symbol. Exciting, emotional and given a fresh spirit by Cretton. Proof that it’s not superhero fatigue, it’s lousy movie fatigue.”
Drew Taylor, The Wrap
“‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’… feels like a three-part episode of the ’90s Spider-Man animated series brought to life, capturing the same excitement, energy, and larger-than-life comic-book storytelling that so many of us grew up loving. Destin Daniel Cretton directs a thrilling, heartfelt chapter packed with incredible battles and some of the best action sequences ever featured in a Spider-Man movie. Tom Holland delivers his strongest and most complete Spider-Man performance yet.”
Sean Tajipour, Nerdtropolis
“SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY is a much more cerebral followup than the crowd pleasing No Way Home. It’s Tom Holland’s best performance as Peter Parker and the best Spider-Man movie since Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN 2. Also the costume finally looks incredible.”
Mike Ryan, Uproxx
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day is an ambitious, mature take on Peter Parker, finally trusting him to (mostly) stand on his own. Cretton crafts excellent scenes of Spidey’s powers, and the emotional beats rank among the MCU’s best. Easily Tom Holland’s most varied, confident MCU work.”
Brandon Lewis, GVN
It is not all sunshine and rainbows. The less positive reviews all centre on what they felt were the same few issues:
“SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY has some of the best visuals and characterization its title character has gotten onscreen. Yet its notable shine is dulled by an overstuffed script that puts MCU interconnectivity and cameos over its title character.”
James Preston Poole, Discussing Film
“#SpiderManBrandNewDay suffers from the same problem as many post-Endgame movies: it feels like a stepping stone rather than a cohesive standalone film. It’s not the most egregious example of this. Peter & Frank are a great duo. Story/structure is messy, but it’s pretty good.”
Kaitlyn Booth, Bleeding Cool
“#SpiderMan Brand New Day is a mixed bag. The first 20 minutes are quintessential comic book Spidey…[it] explores loneliness among young adults with delicacy and emotion, and Tom Holland delivers yet another amazing performance as Peter Parker. Unfortunately, the film mirrors “Spider-Man 3″ in being overstuffed with far too many elements and having stop-start pacing. The humor doesn’t land. Despite a strong turn from Sadie Sink, the third act is hijacked by her character and culminates in a painfully flat climax. Destin Daniel Cretton makes easily the most visually appealing MCU Spidey movie to date and brings incredible style and intimacy to the filmmaking.”
The Holofiles
The tracking and projections for this film are fairly staggering, and it is expected to join The Odyssey in papering over the cracks we are seeing everywhere else in the cinema landscape.
