Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home is the best superhero film of the year

Enlarge / MJ and Peter Parker, dropping in one more time. (credit: Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios)

After watching Spider-Man: No Way Home, the third Tom Holland live-action film in the series, I'm befuddled. How do I fully convey its quality without spoiling even a smidge of its contents? As I left the theater, I found myself giddily talking aloud about the film, recounting its delightful surprises. It might have been enough to earn a slap from a spoiler-averse passerby.

Tricky as it may be to convey the film's charm, laughs, excitement, and heart without revealing its twists, I'll do my best to keep most of No Way Home's surprises as hidden as Peter Parker's identity.

Something really wacky happens (shocker)

I don't think it's a spoiler to confirm that at least one familiar Marvel Studios character appears in No Way Home. (credit: Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios)

That simile may make you sweat a bit, however, if you've been following the Holland series that kicked off with Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017. Its 2019 sequel ended with an NYC-rocking reveal of who's been hiding beneath Spider-Man's mask, and NWH picks up at this exact point in time, with Parker (Tom Holland) and his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) escaping an alarmed, newly informed mob via frantic web-swinging.

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