Spiderman Across the Spiderverse Review: The animated movie features (as voice cast) Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, Jake Johnson as Peter B Parker, Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis, Luna Lauren as Rio Morales, Jason Schwartzman as Dr Jonathan Ohnn, Issa Rae as Jessica Drew, Karan Soni as Pavitra Prabhakar, Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart Brown aka Hobie, Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara, Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly and others. The screenplay is adapted from Marvel Comics.
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham have written the story. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K Thompson.
Spiderman Across the Spiderverse Movie Review Contains No Spoilers At All
Miles Morales faces unexpected threats in Sony’s Spiderman: Across the SpiderVerse. If meeting with spideys from different universes was a pleasant experience in part 1, it’s not the case this time. As the trailer shows, Miles fights against hundreds of Spider beings from different universes. But what exactly led to this moment? That’s something to look forward to.
Before discussing the story of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, I want to praise the movie’s animation. From the first scene till the end, you will be mesmerised by the movie’s team’s creativity, beauty and hard work, especially the animators. Reportedly, the makers have used 6 different animation styles, and oh, so brilliantly, they’ve presented everything.
Now, coming to the story, in the new Spiderverse movie, we get an insight into Gwen Stacy’s life. It helps us understand Gwen as a person even better and her concern, care and even distant behaviour towards Miles Morales. So what about Miles? Well, his parents are worried about his education. But Miles wants to explore the world (multiverse), get to know people like him and work with them.
Miles gets what he wishes for, but the experience differs from what he expected. After some exciting adventures with Gwen and a few other spider people, reality hits him hard. There’s a price every spider person has to pay, and that also includes Miles. The movie has a new villain with an amazing sense of humour.
MCU films introduced the concept of a multiverse after Spider-Man: Far From Home and struggled to make a point about what’s happening. Spiderman Across the Spiderverse shows how it is remarkably done. There’s never a moment when you are baffled by so many spideys or the multiversal concept. The confidence of the writers-director in their story is evident.
It is indeed a Miles Morales story. The way it ends proves there’s so much more we have to know about him. The movie delivers yet again with its thoroughly enjoyable humour. The characters and narrative pack in intense emotions. Two different scenes featuring Gwen and Miles will definitely leave you in tears. Just like in part one, the music, animation splits, and parallels play a significant role in storytelling.
While the entire movie is extraordinary, I had the most fun watching the Mumbattan part. We are introduced to an Indian Spider-Man called Pavitr Prabhakar. The essence of the city and the Indianness is captured perfectly. Pavitr’s monologue about himself, his blessed genes, love life, and city and his rant about chai tea and naan bread will leave you in splits.
Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Daniel Kaluuya, Oscar Isaac, Karan Soni and others have voiced their respective characters phenomenally. Whether it’s joy, pain, anger or sadness, they’ve expressed it well for the animated characters we see on screen.
Spiderman Across the Spiderverse Review: Final Thoughts
Overall, if you enjoyed Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, you will love the new movie even more. It’s a delightful, entertaining and superlative experience that will leave you with a big smile. The movie ends on an unexpected cliffhanger. But before it ends, the makers have packed in multiple surprises that will make you cheer and tear up!
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