Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

What earned the score

• Multiethnic Casting Without Race Politics

  The cast is multi-ethnic, while race is not made an issue in the story. This is incidental diverse casting rather than a plot organized around identity politics.

Details

Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

Starring

Tom HollandZendayaBenedict CumberbatchJacob BatalonJon Favreau

Director

Jon Watts

Writer

Stan LeeSteve DitkoChris McKennaErik Sommers

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction

Release Date

Dec 15, 2021

Parents Guide

• Sex None

  May Parker (Marisa Tomei) enters Peter's bedroom to discover Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and MJ (Zendaya) present together. Peter is standing in his boxer briefs while removing his Spider-Man suit, prompting May to make a subtle comment about practicing safe sex as she misinterprets the situation.

  A man says "I'm butt ass naked", but we only see about mid-torso and up of his body.

  Multiple scenes of male topless nudity. One scene Spider-Man only wears boxer shorts.

  Peter and MJ kiss in two scenes

  M.J. and Spiderman kiss/attempt to throughout the movie; and everyone overreacts about M.J. being Spiderman's girlfriend

  A few jokes about Peter shooting webs and having spider babies with MJ

  Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) has visible cleavage in some shots.

  May talks a little bit about sex with Peter.

  The three Peter's have a discussion about how one of them can shoot organic spider webs from his wrists. The other two wonder if the webs come out of any other part of his body, with a comedically suggestive implication.

• Violence Moderate

  Several characters are hit and punched a lot with brief blood detail at times.

  Scenes include characters battling with fantastical powers and tech, as well as scenes of hand-to-hand combat which feature heavy punches

  Spider-Man beats up Green Goblin at the end of the film as an act of revenge. He goes to kill him but is stopped by Peter 2.

  Aunt May is killed by the Green goblin. Blood is seen on her face and on Peter's hand when he searches on her. Very emotional.

  Spider-Man gets stabbed by the Green Goblin but he survives. It initially serves as a small jump scare but ends up being slightly comedic when Spider-Man says "I've been stabbed before".

  A person is pummeled almost to death on 2 separate occasions.

  In the final battle, there is lots of violence but not much blood is visible.

  Peter fights The Green Goblin in Happy's apartment. Heavy punches are thrown.

  A fight takes place on a bridge with lots of explosions and people in peril

  Near the middle, there is a brutal fight between Spider-man (Tom Holland) and Norman Osborn, which Spider-man loses. Near the end, Peter and Aunt May get seriously injured, resulting in Aunt May's death. This is probably the bloodiest spiderman fight ever.

• Profanity Mild

  "Suck," "god," "hell," "d**n," "ass," and "s**t" respectively. Peter's WTF line from the end of Far From Home is finished here towards the beginning, but it ends up getting drowned out by a nearby car horn.

  Peter says "What the f...", but gets cut off by a car horn. Played for laughs.

  Profanity: *ss (8), h*ll (7), d*mn (3), sh*t (5), .Vain references to Deity: G*d (19). Sexual References (3).

  Charan.

  Peter has a cutoff WTF at the beginning. Other than that, it is mild. And 1 use of "godd**n".

  The film contains a few uses of words like "d**n," "hell," "ass," and "crap," along with some mild insults.

• Drugs None

  In the mid-credits scene, Eddie Brock/Venom are in a bar drinking and claim to be drunk.

  No significant alcohol, drug use, or smoking is shown.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  The introduction of The Lizard is accompanied by a sudden jump scare of him trying to break out of his cell. Funny but scary.

  Scenes include people fleeing from explosions, falling from heights, and brief jump scares as a lot of different villains appear.

  While the first half of the film maintains a fairly light-hearted atmosphere, the death of May at the hands of the Green Goblin marks a noticeable change in mood, with Peter expressing an urge to kill him in revenge for her death, punching him relentlessly later in the film and almost stabbing him with his own glider. While he doesn't go through with it, some younger audiences may be disturbed seeing Spider-Man want to murder someone.

  Near the middle of the film, there is a fight with Green Goblin where Peter loses. Green goblin throws a pumpkin bomb that severely injures Peter and Aunt May, and she tragically dies in a long, drawn out scene. This pushes Peter to the edge and will upset some viewers.

  There's a scene where Spider-Man is fighting Green Goblin at Happy's Apartment. Spider-Man was punching Green Goblin multiple times, but Green Goblin appears to be unfazed smiling and laughing scary like at Spider-Man. This can seem very discomforting for some audience.

  Dr. Strange casts a spell at the end of the movie that makes EVERYONE forget Peter entirely after Peter requests it. He then sees Ned and M.J. but doesn't remind them who he is and then sees Happy and doesn't say anything. Peter is not known by anyone at the end. This is very depressing.

  The Green Goblin is a very sadistic person and a very creepy and uncomforting character. The rest of the villains, while definitely menacing, are very tame compared to him.

  Despite the film's crowd-pleasing moments and comedic tone, there are several moments where it can be emotional or disturbing.

  In the middle of the movie, Peter and Norman have a short but brutal fight in Happy's apartment. At one point Peter is punching Norman and after every punch Norman is seen smiling and laughing very creepily. Very horror-like and very creepy for younger viewers.

  Green Goblin can seem a touch creepy at moments in the movie. His laugh can also seem disturbing.

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