Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Directed byJon Watts
Written by
  • Chris McKenna
  • Erik Sommers
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Produced by
Starring
CinematographySeamus McGarvey
Music byMichael Giacchino
Production
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Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • December 17, 2022 (2022-12-17) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million
Box office$1.901 billion

Spider-Man: No Way Home is an American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The movie was co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2018) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2020) and the 27th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It premiered in Los Angeles on December 13, 2021, and released theatrically in the United States on December 17, 2021, and in India on December 16. A sequel to the movie is set to release on July 31, 2026, titled Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Plot

Just after Peter Parker / Spider-Man comes back to New York City, breaking news footage from Mysterio's allies frames Peter for Quentin Beck / Mysterio's death and reveals his secret identity to the world. He is found not guilty thanks to the legal work of Matt Murdock, but people still believe he killed Beck. This makes Peter's life very difficult, and he and his Aunt May are forced to live in Happy Hogan's apartment. Peter, MJ, and Ned apply for university but their applications are rejected because of Peter being Spider-Man. Peter goes to Doctor Strange and asks him to cast a spell to make people forget he is Spider-Man. However, he damages the spell by changing it too much, making it so that people from other universes who know he is Spider-Man come to this universe. On Queensboro Bridge, Peter finds an administrator from the college he wanted to go to and tries to get her to accept him and his friends' applications. However, Doctor Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus arrives on the bridge and attacks Peter. He eventually realizes that this Peter isn't from his universe, and is defeated when Spider-Man uses his nanotechnology to take control of his mechanical arms.

Suddenly, Norman Osborn / Green Goblin attacks the bridge. Before they can fight, Peter is brought through a portal by Strange into the basement of the Sanctum Sanctorum. Strange has already caught Curt Connors / Lizard, and he tells Peter to locate and capture the remaining villains who came through to their universe. Using magic-enhanced teleportation webshooters, Peter finds Max Dillon / Electro and captures him with the help of Flint Marko / Sandman, who Peter also captures. Osborn is retrieved after going to a F.E.A.S.T. building seeking help, being haunted by his Green Goblin alter ego. Strange wants to send the villains back to their own universes where they are destined to die, but Peter wants to cure & help them before sending them back. He frees the villains and traps Strange in the Mirror Dimension after a fight, taking the villains back to Happy's apartment. Peter cures Octavius by using Stark technology to replace his broken inhibitor chip. He makes cures for Osborn and Dillon, but the Goblin persona takes over Osborn's body before he could be cured. The Goblin then tricks Dillon into attacking, and the other four escape. After beating Peter in a fight, the Goblin kills May and escapes. Meanwhile, MJ and Ned learn how to open portals using Strange’s Sling Ring which they use in an attempt to find Peter, only to find two Spider-Men from the villains' universes. The Peter from Osborn, Octavius, and Marko's universe is called Peter-2 and the Peter from Connors and Dillon's universe is called Peter-3.

Peter is found by Ned and MJ, who comfort him. The other Spider-Men tell him their own stories and encourage him to fight in May's honour. They make the cures for the villains and meet Marko, Connors, and Dillon on the Statue of Liberty, with Ned and MJ following them. The three Spider-Men struggle to work together as Peter-2 and Peter-3 have never fought alongside other heroes before. After coming up with a plan, the three Spider-Men cure Sandman, Connors, and Dillon, with the help of Octavius. Strange escapes the Mirror Dimension arriving to help send them back. Before he can, the Goblin attacks and blows up the spell. MJ is knocked off the statue by the explosion and nearly falls to her death, but Peter-3 saves her, bringing him closure for not saving his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. An angry Peter attacks the Goblin and nearly kills him, but Peter-2 stops him. The Goblin then stabs Peter-2, and Peter injects him with the cure, restoring him to a regretful Norman. Strange performs the spell and sends everyone back to their universes. At Peter's request, he also makes everyone forget who Peter is. Peter later tries to tell MJ the truth, but cannot bring himself to do it, wishing to keep them out of the danger of his life. He visits May's grave and vows to carry on, later moving into a small apartment and fully throwing himself into his life as Spider-Man.

In a mid-credits scene; Eddie Brock sits in a bar and talks with Venom about other superhumans and the recent events that have occurred in this universe. He suddenly glows and is transported back to their universe, leaving a small part of the symbiote on the counter.

Cast

Reprising their roles from previous MCU films are Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Hannibal Buress, and J. K. Simmons. Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who leads a double life as the vigilante Daredevil, from Marvel Television's Netflix series. Tom Hardy appears uncredited in the mid-credits scene as Eddie Brock / Venom, reprising his role from Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Tom Holland's brother Harry Holland was set to make a cameo appearance as a drug dealer, after doing the same in Cherry, but his role was removed from the final cut.

Reception

The film received favourable reviews from critics and overwhelming positive reviews by audiences. Critics praised the performances, characters, story, action sequences, and emotional weight, despite some criticism towards the script.[1] It was a financial success with a $2 million budget and grossing more than $1.9 billion. The film was the highest grossing film of 2022 at one time. It is the Spider-Man film that made the most money so far and is the sixth largest grossing film of all time. It was also the first movie to be released after the COVID-19 pandemic to make more than a billion dollars at the office.

References

  1. ↑ Spider-Man: No Way Home, retrieved 2023-06-05

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