Tom Holland<\/a>\u2019s latest outing as Spider-Man<\/a> has also been called his \u201cbest performance\u201d in the role.<\/p>\n The fourth standalone Spider-Man film, which premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Monday ahead of its cinema release, sees Holland return as Peter Parker alongside Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, and Sadie Sink in a mystery role.<\/p>\n Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Brand New Day is set four years after Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/a> and follows Peter Parker as he continues fighting crime alone <\/a>after Doctor Strange\u2019s memory spell erased him from the lives of MJ, Ned, and the rest of the world, while his spider powers begin evolving beyond his control and a mysterious new villain emerges.<\/p>\n The Independent\u2019s Clarisse Loughrey gave the film four stars in her review, and wrote <\/a>that it is \u201cnot only the best of the MCU takes on the character, but it\u2019s also flat out the best Spider-Man film since Sam Raimi\u2019s Spider-Man 2<\/a>\u201d. <\/p>\n She added that Sink was \u201cexcellent\u201d<\/a>, admitting that she couldn\u2019t say more about her role \u201cwithout giving the game away\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n Fandango correspondent Erik Davis described the film as \u201cdeeper, more thoughtful and more mature than the previous trilogy\u201d, adding that Cretton had crafted \u201csome of my favorite Spider-Man fight sequences of the Holland era\u201d.<\/p>\n On Sink, he wrote: \u201cAnd yes, the Sadie Sink mystery absolutely pays off. She\u2019s perfect.\u201d <\/p>\n Brian Davids of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that \u201cPeter Parker is changing, and so is the \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 franchise.\u201d <\/p>\n He described Brand New Day as \u201cthe most emotional, most mature and most atmospheric instalment in the franchise\u201d, adding that it \u201cwill meet your expectations in some places and defy them in others\u201d.<\/p>\n Peter Howell, film critic at the Toronto Star, said the sequel leaves behind \u201cthe multiverse tedium\u201d that dominated recent Marvel stories in favour of \u201ca grounded Spider-Man tale that\u2019s back to the grungy city roots of the comic book hero we knew and loved\u201d.<\/p>\n He added that Holland \u201cfinally nails the sarcasm, angst and love hassles of Spidey\/Peter Parker as Stan Lee first envisioned the character\u201d.<\/p>\n Collider senior host and producer Perri Nemiroff called it \u201cfar and away a favourite of the recent MCU instalments\u201d, saying writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers built the story around \u201cthe importance of work-life balance and community\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cCan\u2019t believe how emotional the film made me,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Variety senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay described Brand New Day as \u201caction-packed from start to finish\u201d, adding that this \u201cmight be Tom Holland\u2019s best outing as Spiderman to date.\u201d<\/p>\n Germain Lussier, senior reporter covering entertainment for Gizmodo and io9, admitted the film had moved him to tears. \u201cIt\u2019s a massive movie that balances like 5 different through lines in equal measure, each better than the last. It can feel a little overwhelming but it all comes together so beautifully it works,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n New Rockstars\u2019 Erik Voss described Brand New Day as \u201can emotionally meaty dwelling on loneliness and suppressing what we truly are\u201d. He singled out Sink\u2019s performance, writing that she is \u201cdevastating in her role and I can\u2019t wait to see more of her in the MCU.\u201d<\/p>\n MovieWeb host Joseph Deckelmeier was equally enthusiastic, describing it as \u201ceasily the best Spider-Man movie yet\u201d. He praised its \u201cincredible action, real emotional stakes, huge surprises\u201d, adding: \u201cTom Holland and Sadie Sink are incredible in this film.\u201d <\/p>\n Pamela Gores, managing editor of The Direct, also drew attention to Sink\u2019s character, saying it has an \u201cambitious\u201d and \u201cpotentially divisive start\u201d, even as she described Brand New Day as \u201can emotional triumph\u201d and \u201ca juggernaut of a film that truly feels like a comic book come to life\u201d.<\/p>\n Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens in cinemas on 31 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-718916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Film_Review_-_Spider-Man__Brand_New_Day_94529.jpg\")
The fourth standalone Spider-Man film sees Holland return as Peter Parker alongside Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, and Sadie Sink in a mystery role (Sony)<\/p>\n![\"Critics](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Film_Review_-_Spider-Man__Brand_New_Day_64_35.jpg\")
Critics have described Tom Holland\u2019s latest outing as Spider-Man as his \u2018best performance\u2019 in the role (Sony)<\/p>\n