Em (Verbal Diorama: A Film History Podcast) and Chris Johnston (Easy Riders Raging Podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Em’s choice Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is animated Spider-Man film this time focussing on Miles Morales/Spider-Man modern reimagining of Marvel’s Spider-Man character. It is directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter (Rise of the Guardians) Ramsey and Rodney Rothman and based on a screenplay by Phil (The Lego Movie) Lord and Rodney Rothman.

It stars Shameik Moore as Morales, alongside the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Vélez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber.

In this Spider-Man origin film, teenager Miles Morales is struggling with no living up to the expectations of his police officer father. He gets along better with his uncle Aaron who takes him on trips to graffiti abandoned buildings. On a trip to a subway Miles is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains Spider-Man abilities. Upon returning to where he was bitten he discovers Kingpin and a collider, Spider-Man attempts to stop Kingpin but is killed. Before he dies he passes a USB to Miles to carry on his work.

Is this the best Spider-Man film ever made? Is this the best animated film ever made? Big claims from Em! Recommendability scores for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse were extremely high. Super high scores across the other categories give an impressive overall rating of 4.76.

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More about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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