'Spider-Man: Far From Home' A Review

Spider-Man: Far From Home is a superhero movie, a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and the latest installment in the MCU. Shortly after the events of Endgame our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man aka Peter Parker(aka Tom Holland) is ready to be a normal teen for awhile! His science class is planning a Europe trip and all he wants to do is tell MJ(Zendaya) he has a crush on her. But elemental monsters aka Elementals attack and mystery hero Mysterio aka Quentin Beck(aka Jake Gyllenhaal) enters to save the day and Spider-Man reluctantly dons his suit and pitches in. But all is not what it seems!

Holland's natural charm and humor are somewhat strained in this installment because of the overly packed plot and a bit of character push-and-pull that doesn't really ring true. Overall though he remains a solid and refreshing Spider-Man although if his next appearance doesn't invest in character and continues to plug MCU set-up into his installments he'll quickly wear out his welcome. Zendaya, again, is intriguing and funny there is simply not enough of her or her and Peter's burgeoning relationship which, along with his friendship with Ned played by Jacob Batalon, made Homecoming the success it was. Gyllenhaal goes pretty ham and it's really wonderful but he too is underutilized. There is simply too much traveling and Plot to make this installment particularly satisfying.

A predictable if regrettable lull after the titanic Endgame, Far From Home overloads on the CGI battles and mostly loses what made Homecoming and what makes Spider-Man in general a compelling hero- heart. Ultimately this is a rather flat entry into the MCU, again seemingly more concerned with pushing chess pieces around a board than telling a compelling narrative.

Superficial but still entertaining.

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