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Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press: Garfield is a sensitive actor who brings a quirky blend of intelligence and goofiness to Peter Parker... As for Stone, she's just so darned charming. Read more
Wesley Morris, Grantland: The studios and the producers have to split the difference -- between excellence and adequacy, between darkness and light, between seriousness and fun. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might have been split too far. It doesn't taste like anything. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: All I heard was the sound of paychecks being cashed by everyone going through the motions for this perfunctory sequel. It's as much computer program as movie. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: It is not a sequel, just another retread of tired material in a franchise that is more than ready for the big comic book bonfire. And why the title? There is nothing amazing about it. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: How bad is this one ...? Amazingly so. Villainy abounds, but the villains are strident contrivances. Spider-Man flies, but does so dutifully, without joy. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Pretty enjoyable, almost entirely due to the enchanting chemistry between Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Frantic and rote by turns, mislaying the power of the central love story and piling on the mutant adversaries. For at least this installment, Spider-Man is Amazing no more. Read more
Guy Lodge, Variety: Redundancy remains a problem, but this overlong superhero sequel gets by on sound, fury and star chemistry. Read more
A.A. Dowd, AV Club: Even at a hefty 142 minutes, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hasn't the time for its surfeit of plot, nor for the sprawling ensemble of supporting characters caught in the sticky web Webb weaves. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: There are too many explosions, too many blaring sonic effects, too many break-ups-and-make-ups, too many villains. And not enough heart. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: I'm still not convinced we needed a new Spider-Man series, but at least this installment is interestingly mediocre instead of actively bad. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Amazing is a word so overused it no longer has any impact, which makes it the perfect adjective for this second installment of the second franchise based on the Marvel Comics superhero. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Folks, I confess: I'm coping with a mild case of arachno-apatha-phobia, defined as the fear of another so-so "Spider-Man" sequel. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Andrew Garfield, returning as Peter Parker, remains ingratiatingly jittery. You can believe that this kid, never at rest, could instantly transform himself into Spider-Man. He matches up well with Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Morning News: When Garfield conceals Peter's confused-angry- betrayed scowl beneath that shiny red mask, Spider-Man 2 summons the giddy derring-do of the best Iron Man offerings. It's a good movie that could have been great. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: The trouble with director Marc Webb's disappointing sequel is it wants to have it both ways: to take seriously human connection and loss and also spin the spectacular and pulpy... Spider-Man 2 never locates that sweet spot. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: At times the movie takes on a light, nearly silly attitude; at others, it's all heavy mystery or life and death; and then when the action scenes hit, it's mainly the equivalent of visual screeching. Read more
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: It's a Marvel spectacle that manages to deftly balance razzle-dazzle, feel-it-in-your-gut slingshot moments of flight and believable human relationships. There's psychological weight to go with all of the gravity-defying, webslinging weightlessness. Read more
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter: The plot gets itself tangled up in multiple villain strands, but in the main this installment is emotionally weightier and more satisfying than its predecessor. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: The bond between Spidey and the fearful and fleeing masses, which should be emotional and strong, has lost its personal touch. Read more
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News: You sense a struggle playing out on the screen, as the movie tries too hard to please comic book fans, to one-up the action of the first film and to advance the story. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Even though the ride is bumpy, the final destination is more than worth the effort. Read more
Isaac Chotiner, The New Republic: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is not a new approach to the same old formula: no, it is basically a remake of other recent and derivative films. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Noisy action and a jumbled plot make this Spidey flick a tangled web, but Stone and DeHaan are appealing. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Despite the efforts of Electro, the franchise is running shockingly low on juice. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Every time someone gets into spandex, the movie gets in trouble. The action sequences that typically let other Marvel movies to soar drag this one down to earth. Read more
Ian Buckwalter, NPR: The small moments, the physical comedy, Spidey's constant wisecracking; these things are all charming, but they're counterbalanced by stock summer blockbuster elements that Webb never seems interested in. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Andrew Garfield is possibly the best actor to ever star in any Marvel Comics-based flick. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Until a late, lamentably foolish turn, balances blockbuster bombast with human-scale drama, child-friendly comedy and gushers of tears. Read more
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: The new Spider-Man series has managed to do in two films what the previous Spider-Man series did in three: transform an engrossing comic-book coming-of-age epic into an overstuffed and off-putting battle royale. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Garfield is mumbly and gangly as Peter, and unrecognizable as Spider-Man, suited-up head to toe with the dome-like corneas that allow neither glint nor gleam of the actor's eyes. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: An undercooked cinematic casserole that blends some genuinely touching moments and well-presented action sequences with bad melodrama, overlong exposition, and overexposed CGI. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Overstuffed plot and too many villains, but the visual effects pop, and Garfield/Stone are still better than Maguire/Dunst. Read more
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: Director Marc Webb's follow-up to his entirely adequate "The Amazing Spider-Man" from 2012 feels even more like it's just been unloaded from the assembly line. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the fifth Spidey movie in 12 years, is overlong, underwhelming, unnecessary and sure to be a hot ticket. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: This reboot-sequel with not all that much reason to exist turns out to be about half of a pretty good movie, and generally entertaining throughout. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Even apart from the two leads, the acting is notably good, which means that director Marc Webb deserves praise. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: The project as a whole conveys a drab sense of bureaucratic necessity, a "let's get this over with" wheeziness. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Amazing? Hardly. The second film in Sony Pictures' second Spider-Man series is OK-ish. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is easy to watch but hard to pin down, like a creature with eight legs going in different directions. Read more
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic: About the best thing one can say about this fiasco is that Webb has taken only two films to reach the same exhausted, exhausting endpoint that Raimi required three to achieve. It's progress, of a sort. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The successes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are human, the failures are typical of superhero CGI adaptations. In a world where the incredible is routine, the "amazing" is mundane. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: This latest blockbuster assault wins us over, or wears us down, by dint of fine actors who are clearly enjoying themselves, in a film that thankfully doesn't take itself too seriously. Read more
James Rocchi, TheWrap: Spider-Man is back, bigger and slightly better - but only slightly, and with too much emphasis on "bigger," in the form of hollow, boring franchise screenwriting cliches. Read more
Tom Huddleston, Time Out: Fans who made the first movie such a huge success will doubtless find much to enjoy here, while others will long for the boldness, scope and wit of The Avengers. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Aerial sequences are often thrilling. However, interpersonal relations are front and center in this installment. Read more
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: Never a disaster but only fitfully inspired, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 doesn't quite end well, but it does end promisingly, with hints of a huge supervillain team-up to come. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: I think I'll pass on The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: An unforgivably long assemblage that never coalesces into a compelling story. Read more