The reviews from critics have been largely positive.<\/p>\n
Many critics have welcomed the film-makers’ decision to scale back from the multiverse seen in No Way Home, in favour of a more personal, character-centred story. <\/p>\n
The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin called it, external<\/a> “the best Spider-Man film since the Tobey Maguire era”, and praised the relationship between Holland and Zendaya, who create a “real yearning and perplexity” that we have not seen previously in the dynamic between their characters.<\/p>\n In his review for The Wrap, William Bibbiani, external<\/a> described it as the strongest entry in Holland’s Spider-Man series, applauding its emotional focus and character-driven storytelling, and praising its “wonderful, propulsive quality”.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Empire’s John Nugent awarded the film four stars, external<\/a>, declaring the web-slinging hero is “still Marvel’s ace in the pack”, and in its five-star review The Standard said the film had “verve, intelligence and above all, heart”.<\/p>\n However, others have been more reserved.<\/p>\n The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw declared, external<\/a> that Zendaya “saves this film” from “silliness and the generic d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu overfamiliarity that is always threatening to sink it”.<\/p>\n