The film’s emotional resonance feels hollow, watered down by an overstuffed plot that bites off more than it can chew.
Gifted’s notes are crowded out by the screenplay’s plot machinations and emotional manipulations.
Sony’s insistent to let fans have their webs and sling them too and the high-flying 4K Blu-ray does precisely that.
Marc Webb proves unwilling, or incapable, of making this unwieldy story feel like anything but a deluge of backstory.
So often is it rehashing moments already handled expertly by Raimi’s films that Amazing Spider-Man never takes flight.
Just sincere enough not to seem target-marketed, the film is a charmer of both semi-classic and partially derivative proportions.