Miles discovers that his new spider buds have a lot in common. MONDELLO: Where 'Into The Spider-Verse' was essentially a tricky exercise in worldbuilding, 'Across The Spider-Verse' is about maturity and personal growth. MOORE: (As Miles Morales) I guess it can. MOORE: (As Miles Morales) Can this day get weirder? MOORE: (As Miles Morales) I'm Spider-Man.ĪMANDLA STENBERG: (As Margo Kess) No way. MONDELLO: Gwen Stacy, Ghost Spider in her universe, introducing him to an elite crew that includes all the best spider-people. STEINFELD: (As Gwen Stacy) Want to get out of here? MONDELLO: That gets him grounded until a pal shows up through one of The Spot's wormholes. LUNA LAUREN VELEZ: (As Rio Morales) What? Miles.īRIAN TYREE HENRY: (As Jefferson Davis) Are you trying. RACHEL DRATCH: (As Principal) And a B in Spanish. MONDELLO: It kind of is, except the wormholes he creates are destabilizing whole universes, not to mention making Miles late for a meeting with his folks and a high school guidance counselor. SCHWARTZMAN: (As The Spot) It's not funny. SCHWARTZMAN: (As The Spot) I am The Spot. MOORE: (As Miles Morales) So are you, like, a cow or a Dalmatian? MOORE: (As Miles Morales) The M stands for machine. SCHWARTZMAN: (As The Spot) Who said that? MOORE: (As Miles Morales) Why do people say ATM machine?

Do you have an ATM machine? Preferably not chained to the wall? Nothing. JASON SCHWARTZMAN: (As The Spot) Excuse me. And yet there's a new wrinkle - a faceless guy in white with black holes all over him robbing a convenience store.

MONDELLO: Not sure if Spidey's is the most started, restarted and possibly jumpstarted superhero saga ever, but with eight live-action features starring three different Peter Parkers and now two gorgeously animated 'Spider-Verses' starring Shameik Moore's Miles, it has to be up there. SHAMEIK MOORE: (As Miles Morales) My name's Miles Morales. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE') Critic Bob Mondello says happily, 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' exceeds expectations.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Here we go again, again. But a box office take of almost $400 million and the film's winning the Oscar for best animated feature have set the bar a whole lot higher for the sequel. When the animated story of an Afro-Latino superhero, 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse,' was released in 2018, few observers expected it to become the hit - to be the hit it became.

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