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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

"Take a Leap of Faith and Unleash the Hero Within"

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Review

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Posted by Movieguide on Friday, December 7, 2018

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is an animated comic book adventure where different incarnations of Spider-Man from other dimensions, including two females and a talking pig, team up to fight evil. In one dimension, Miles, a black Hispanic teenager, gets bitten by a radioactive spider. A dying Peter Parker gives Miles a key to stop a huge machine that the crime boss, Kingpin, is using to resurrect his dead wife and son, but that could destroy the world. Kingpin sends henchmen after Miles. Meanwhile, Miles meets versions of Spider-Man from other dimensions brought into Miles’ world by Kingpin’s machine. They team up to stop Kingpin.

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is a terrific, enjoyable animated adventure with clever, funny writing. The story’s energy seldom stalls. The movie has lots of cartoon action violence and some light slapstick violence. Some of the action violence is intense, so caution is advised for children. Otherwise, the movie is family-friendly. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE has an uplifting Christian, moral worldview. Its redemptive pro-family themes extol love, sacrifice, forgiveness, doing the right thing, saving others, and getting a second chance.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:
Very strong, pro-family Christian, moral worldview, with strong Christian, redemptive, morally uplifting content and themes, promoting love between parents and children, family bonds, sacrifice, doing the right thing, helping others, getting a second chance to correct mistakes and redeem oneself, stopping evil, and saving lives, plus a sequence is set near a church and a Christian cemetery, the movie’s main teenage hero works to keep a promise he made, and there’s much talk about taking a leap of faith, but it’s not a blind leap of faith, it’s a faith that’s accompanied by knowledge, plus a couple references to the idea of a multiverse, which is an unproven, false humanist theory, but the movie doesn’t use it in a meaningful way that’s contentious;

Foul Language:
One “h” obscenity and a couple uses of “gosh”;

Violence:
Strong and light, sometimes intense, action cartoon violence includes large villain tries to beat up teenage superhero with many punches, and hero is driven to the floor several times, men punch and kick another superhero when he’s knocked down, lots of leaping and running, teenage hero and older hero are dragged around the city in one sequence by the older man’s sticky spider web string that’s gotten stuck to an elevated subway train, teenage hero’s hands are sticky after being bitten by an electric radioactive spider and get stuck to girl’s hair and this pulls out some of her hair, villains shoot at good guys, explosions, characters fall, villains try to kill good guys, fighting, etc.;

Sex:
No sexual immorality, but uncle tells teenage nephew how to get a girl’s romantic attention and there are some images of the famous upside-down kissing scene in Sony’s first Spider-Man movie (the images are a running joke in the movie);

Nudity:
Upper male nudity when teenage hero’s shirt gets torn off;

Alcohol Use:
No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Teenage boy deliberately fails a test to get out of going to new school and teenage boy and his father don’t see eye to eye on everything, but their love and family bond transcend their differences and brings them together in the end.

More Detail:

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is an animated comic book adventure where different incarnations of Spider-Man from other dimensions, including two females and a talking pig, team together to stop a ruthless crime boss from destroying reality when using a gigantic machine to bring back his dead wife and son. Playful, fun and lively, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is an exciting, funny movie with lots of action, heart and faith, but there’s plenty of intense action violence, so caution is advised for children.

The movie opens with young Miles Morales, the teenage son of a black police officer and a Hispanic nurse, chafing at having to attend a special charter school for gifted students where he’ll live in a dorm with another student. Miles would rather go to his old school in Brooklyn. He finds a comforting soul in his older uncle, Aaron, who, like Miles, wants to be free from rules and responsibility.

Aaron takes Miles to an underground, abandoned subway connection near the headquarters of a closed cutting-edge lab that went bust, where Miles and Aaron can use their graffiti skills as artists. Miles gets bitten by a radioactive spider infused with electrical powers and by morning is transformed into a budding Spider-Man in his dorm room. This causes all sorts of trouble for Miles at school, so he decides to return to the underground subway connection and find the dead spider that bit his hand.

While there, Miles hears some noises coming from the closed lab building, where he finds Peter Parker aka Spider-Man battling the ruthless crime boss Kingpin and his henchmen. They’re fighting over a huge machine, a special atomic collider, that Kingpin is trying to use to bring back his beloved wife and son. Peter believes the machine will destroy a major part of the city and kill many people, but Kingpin won’t listen. Miles wants to help Peter but he’s never really used his powers and can’t control them. So he hesitates while the villains mortally wound Peter. As he lies dying, Peter hands Miles a key to the machine that can stop it. Miles promises Peter he will use the key to stop the machine before Kingpin can make it fully operational.

Kingpin sends his henchmen after Miles to get the key. Meanwhile, Miles starts running into versions of Spider-Man from other dimensions brought into Miles’ dimension by Kingpin’s machine. There’s an older Peter Parker who’s divorced from Mary Jane. There’s a noir Peter Parker in black and white, who talks like a cynical private detective from the 1940s. There’s Peni Parker, a Japanese girl from the future with spider powers and a robot. Then, there’s Peter Porker, a talking pig with Spider-Man powers. They all team up with the Aunt May from Miles’ dimension to stop Kingpin.

However, Miles still can’t seem to control his spider powers. Until he does, he won’t be able to fulfill the promise he made to his world’s Peter Parker, the hero Miles longs to emulate. If Miles can’t use the key to destroy the machine and send the others safely back to their worlds, then one of the other Spider-Man superheroes will have to sacrifice their own life to do it.

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is a terrific, entertaining animated adventure with lots of clever, funny writing. The characters and plot are well scripted, so the story’s energy seldom stalls. Despite some references to the humanist notion of a multiverse, the movie sticks to the older science fiction concept of separate dimensions, where different versions of the Spider-Man origin story occur and different heroes and heroines with spider powers emerge. The movie plays with this concept in a witty, inspired way that adds to the story’s humor. In doing this, the filmmakers have lots of fun with the goofy ways that comic books create different characters and how they came to be who they are. They include some very funny self-reflexive jokes about previous SPIDER-MAN movies from Sony.

The animation and production values are high, with excellent voice work from the actors. Some blurry, frenetic moments occur in INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, but they pass quickly, and the craftsmanship of the animation and camerawork is otherwise very impressive.

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE has lots of action cartoon violence and some light slapstick comedy violence. Some of the action violence is intense. This is especially true, for example, when some major characters are killed and when Kingpin pummels young Miles into submission during the movie’s climactic action sequence. Because of this, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for children and especially younger children.

Other than the violence, however, INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is actually surprisingly family friendly. Miles, the teenage hero, is a character that children and families can appreciate as they watch the movie. The problems Miles undergoes throughout the story are clean, relatable problems laced with family-friendly humor, without the usual crude references that occur in other movies about teenager characters and their personal problems. Also, his father and mother play strong, heartwarming roles in the young hero’s maturation process as the story goes along. This is as it should be in the Spider-Man universe.

Another surprising and even inspiring part of SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is the movie’s Christian, morally uplifting themes. The dialogue repeatedly talks about taking a leap of faith. This isn’t a blind leap of faith, but a leap of faith supported by knowledge and mindful awareness. INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE also contains strong Christian, moral themes of forgiveness, sacrifice, doing the right thing, love, helping others, and getting a second chance to correct mistakes and redeem oneself. As noted above, family plays an important role in the story and its turning points. The family theme in the movie brings some well-earned tears and heartwarming moments to the story. In one funny sequence, for example, Miles’ father explicitly but humorously reminds his son of the importance of telling your parents and children that you love them. Finally, a major sequence leading to a nice chase sequence is set at Trinity Church in New York City and its nearby cemetery. The camera lingers a couple times on the church’s Christian steeple and on the cemetery crosses. Thus, at least in this Spider-Verse, outward symbols of faith and spiritually haven’t been erased but are actually part of the story and part of the journey of the characters.

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is sure to be a major hit this Christmas season. It hits all the right notes that will attract media-wise moviegoers looking for a fun, uplifting time at the local movie theater.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


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