Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Donna Murphy |
| Director |
Sam Raimi |
| Screenplay | Alvin Sargent, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, from the comics by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko |
| Music | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, Joseph LoDuca, Christopher Young, John Debney, and others |
| Cinematography | Bill Pope, Anette Haelmigk |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2004 |
| Produced by | Marvel Enterprises, Laura Ziskin Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| The Moviesite Ian Douglas | 15 |  |
| Cape Argus Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| The Cape Times Dennis Carvenelis | 15 | |
| The Star Jeremy Lawrence | 16 | |
| Die Burger Marenet Jordaan | 15 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 | |
| Sunday Times Damon Boyd | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 13 |  |
| Box Office Christine James | 13 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 | |
On the down side, it does seem a bit slow at times, but I'm not sure what they could have cut to speed it up.
While watching it, I recognised the Class in the script, so
looked up the writer, Alvin Sargent. He's had a string of top movies over the years, including Unfaithful, Anywhere but Here,
Ordinary People, and Paper Moon. He even had a small acting role in the 1953 Pearl Harbor blockbuster, From Here to Eternity.