Spider-Man: Far From Home Movie Review

The following is a movie review “Spider-Man: Far From Home” by Marc Primo.

Release date: 02 June 2019 (USA)

Director: Jon Watts

Language: English

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures

Producers: Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

After the Avengers saga concluded with Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was quick to let fans out of the dark about what transpires on Earth after Thanos’ defeat via Jon Watts’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. More than the fans’ expectations of another intense and intriguing MCU continuation, a passing of the torch scenario from Iron Man to our friendly neighborhood web-slinger is what more of them are gearing up for.

The film takes off with a grieving Peter Parker (Tom Holland) wanting to shed his superhero persona as he prepares for a school trip to Europe. He seizes an opportunity to spark a Parisian romance with MJ (Zendaya), while the others who are making a comeback from Spider-Man: Homecoming including Ned (Jacob Batalon), Flash (Tony Revelori), and funny teacher Mr. Harrington (Martin Starr) devise their respective plans for the school trip.

Watts’ approach takes the coming-of-age route with Peter taking a long-deserved break to try and enjoy his last few teen years before embarking on a more serious path as Spider-Man. That’s probably why we don’t get to see as much comedy here than in Homecoming. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) eventually interrupts the trip to recruit Spider-Man as a new hero that is Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) emerges from an inter-dimensional Earth recently destroyed by bloodthirsty elementals. Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) also steps up to the plate as a substitute for Tony Stark as Peter’s father figure. We see the two try and cope with the loss of Tony together as Happy strikes a romantic angle of his own with Aunt May (Marisa Tomei).

As for being a worthy follow-up to Endgame and the final chapter of MCU’s Phase III, Spider-Man clears the hurdle with flying colors as it presents the right amount of MCU’s signature adrenaline rush and touching scenes. It does makes sense to give Peter some breathing room first before living up to the legacy passed to him by Tony Stark, and establish ‘the Blip’ or the aftermath of Thanos’s reign.

Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck aka Mysterio offers audiences a new yet suspicious hero as Peter takes his break from being Earth’s main go-to-guy. Finally, when Spider-Man decides to take on the elementals, viewers get to see the genius in how writers Chris Mckenna and Erik Sommers used Spidey’s creativity and intelligence to give the film its most impressive elements. Fans who have their Spider-senses on can capture many Easter eggs throughout the film that will give them more twists to the story.

While those who followed MCU since Phase I in 2008 are the perfect audience for Far From Home, new fans can also enjoy the film for its emotional wealth. From how Peter yearns for a normal teen life with MJ, to how Happy takes his own break to enjoy life with Aunt May, to the grief phase of Tony Stark’s death, all give Far From Home a healthy heart that keeps the MCU Universe alive.

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