Review: 'the Amazing Spider-man's' Peter And Gwen Are Super

By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic, Los Angeles Times: Movie
Mon, 07/02/2012 - 12:00am

The new superhero movie is at its best with Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), but it's too long and sometimes dips below 'amazing.'The unmistakable air of Hollywood calculation hangs over"The Amazing Spider-Man,"but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The studios wouldn't survive if they didn't make smart bets from time to time to balance their multiple bonehead maneuvers, and this new superhero saga is a shrewd wager that mostly — but not entirely — pays off.

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