Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 action movie directed by Jon Watts and Chris McKenna, with a running time of 2h 28m. It stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Peter Parker's name and face are public now, and the fallout is wrecking the ordinary life he tried to protect. He turns to Doctor Strange for a spell that would make the world forget Spider-Man, then meddles with it as the magic takes hold. The tampering cracks the multiverse open, and enemies who died fighting other Spider-Men arrive in Peter's New York. Tom Holland leads alongside Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch in his third solo outing, a film built to reward anyone who grew up with earlier screen versions of the character.
Quick answers
What is Spider-Man: No Way Home about?
Peter Parker's name and face are public now, and the fallout is wrecking the ordinary life he tried to protect. He turns to Doctor Strange for a spell that would make the world forget Spider-Man, then meddles with it as the magic takes hold. The tampering cracks the multiverse open, and enemies who died fighting other Spider-Men arrive in Peter's New York. Tom Holland leads alongside Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch in his third solo outing, a film built to reward anyone who grew up with earlier screen versions of the character.
When was Spider-Man: No Way Home released?
Spider-Man: No Way Home was released on 15 December 2021.
How long is Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Spider-Man: No Way Home runs 2h 28m.
Who made Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Spider-Man: No Way Home was directed by Jon Watts, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
Where can I watch Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Spider-Man: No Way Home is available on Disney+, YouTube TV, fuboTV, FX, Amazon and AppleTV.
Where to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home
Stream: Disney+, YouTube TV, fuboTV
Watch free: FX
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Spectrum On Demand
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Zendaya as MJ
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange
- Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro
- Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
- Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
- Benedict Wong as Wong
- Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
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A few thoughts on Spider-Man: No Way Home
Play Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man for the same web-swinging New York and the same push and pull between Peter's mask and his personal life. The MCU series Loki runs on the same multiverse logic, variant selves and broken timelines, if the fractured-realities angle is the hook here.
Multiverse stories that bring back earlier versions of the same hero
No Way Home builds its plot around cracking open the multiverse and pulling in earlier screen versions of Spider-Man. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and The Flash run the same trick with their own heroes crossing timelines, Loki spends a season inside the bureaucracy managing those cracks, and Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man are the very films whose Peter Parkers walk back through the door.
Superhero movies that cram three generations of heroes into one reunion
No Way Home crams three generations of a franchise's villains and heroes into one crowded reunion, the same over-stuffed thrill Avengers: Infinity War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 chase with their own sprawling rosters. Thunderbolts and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania keep piling new factions onto an already busy universe, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Marvels carry that same weight of a legacy passing between heroes.
Trilogy-capping movies built to pay off years of setup
No Way Home is a capstone built to reward years of earlier installments, exactly what The Return of the King and The Two Towers do for their trilogy's long build. The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest carry that same sprawling saga tightening toward its final knot, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull brings back an aged hero decades later, like Peter's predecessors.
Coming-of-age stories where a young hero can't go back to normal life
No Way Home ends Peter's ordinary teenage life, trading a normal kid for a hero who can never go back. The Song of Achilles pulls a young man from a quiet life into a war that reshapes him, Lord of the Flies and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas strip innocence from children in conflicts, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon marks its heroine for a fate never chosen.