Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Marcosreis — 20 Dec 2021

The movie carries from the get go a feeling of consequence and a farewell to how things used to be. No Way Home is many things at it's core, all of them very well stitched together.

It is, first and foremost, a Spider-Man coming of age story. The story tunnels Peter Parker through a process of growth, making him turn into a man, and learning what's the cost of being a hero. The plot sacrifices it's complexity for the sake of character development. It's a self-contained story that works well on it's own, and much better as part of something bigger, since it carries the impact of many other MCU stories, both from the full lenght movies and TV shows alike.

It is secondly, and for this same reason, the literal window opener for Marvel's multiverse at the movies, as it is the debut of the concept in their feature films. Fans centaintly feel delighted to see this happening, and it brings a solid feeling of moving forward to MCU's story as a whole.

The third thing No Way Home is, feeding on the multiverse concept it helps to establish, a love letter to any Spider-Man fan of any age. Fan service feels well deserved and fit to the story, if only a few times slow or out of place. It feels, sometimes, that Raimi characters feel tired and disconnected to what they used to be in their original appearances.