But at the height of the big action climax, the plot stops in its tracks so the two elder Spider-statesmen can have a long back-and-forth regarding back pain like they’re 40-something dads at a barbecue. Thanks to some multiverse shenanigans, both Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire have returned to reprise their roles as Peter Parker, leading to some wistful notes about the sad inevitability of aging as well as body-horror gags about how Maguire shoots his webs out of mysterious orifices in his wrists. (The spoilers will truly begin after this paragraph.)įor people who don’t remember Hollywood gossip of the early aughts, there’s a scene in No Way Home that must be totally mystifying. I’m referring, of course, to Tobey Maguire’s back.
In fact, for older viewers, that’s the main source of its power: reminding you how you felt in 2002 or 2012, when everything was fun and fresh and new.īut as one of the film’s in-jokes reminds us, not everything felt good back then. Say what you will about Spider-Man: No Way Home - our critic Bilge Ebiri did - but it’s certainly a film plugged into the history of the Spider-Man franchise. Warning: As with nearly everything Vulture writes about Spider-Man: No Way Home, this post spoils plot details of the film’s second half.
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