Master Rank #76

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

GCML Total9.2440% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

CastShameik Moore · Hailee Steinfeld · Oscar Isaac

USAEnglishAnimation / Action140 minPG
IMDb Top 250Animated FeatureBrisk pace
Original poster artwork · Great Cinema Master List

Spoiler-free premise

Miles Morales is drawn into a vast network of Spider-People whose ideas about heroism challenge his own.

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Miles Morales reunites with Gwen Stacy and discovers a multiverse organization of Spider-People led by Miguel O'Hara. A new threat and the organization's doctrine force Miles to question whether heroism requires accepting a predetermined personal sacrifice.

Why it belongs

In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, its changing palettes, textures, line work, and frame rates expand animation's vocabulary without losing Miles and Gwen's emotional perspective.

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The filmmakers assign different worlds distinct palettes, textures, line work, frame rates, and comic-book grammars, yet keep Miles and Gwen's emotional perspectives clear while expanding the first film's animation vocabulary at astonishing scale.

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