Across the Spider-Verse is the rare sequel that earns its 140-minute runtime and somehow improves on its predecessor’s visual invention. Every Spider-Person comes from a different art style — comic-book, watercolor, anime, photoreal — and the film weaves them together without ever feeling chaotic.
Shameik Moore’s Miles Morales is finally a fully drawn character. His parents (Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez) are the emotional center. The romance with Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) has real ache.
The Spot is a brilliant villain — a comic-relief character who becomes existential threat through sheer commitment. Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara raises real philosophical questions about canon and fate.
This is the best superhero film of the decade. The fact that it ends on a cliffhanger is the only frustration.
