The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	July 3, 2012
On DVD:	November 9, 2012
Genre:	Comic Book, Action, Sci-Fi
Director:	Marc Webb
Writer:	James Vanderbilt
Cast:	Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Julianne Nicholson, Irrfan Khan, Annie Parisse
AKA:	Spider-Man 4
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Running Time:	136 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence

"The Amazing Spider-Man" is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone),...

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Ten years and two months after Sam Raimi's Spider-Man dominated theaters and advanced the comic book movie genre to a whole new level, the web slinger is back, restarting from scratch with a new origin story that is strangely reminiscent of the previous origin story. Cursed by its own lack of originality, The Amazing Spider-Man struggles mightily to shed the not-so-distant memory of its predecessors, but deep down there is a well done movie that sets the stage for some highly charged sequels.

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