There's a hero in all of us.
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Tobey MaguireSpider-Man / Peter Parker
- Kirsten DunstMary Jane Watson
- James FrancoHarry Osborn
- Alfred MolinaDoc Ock / Otto Octavius
- Rosemary HarrisMay Parker
- J.K. SimmonsJ. Jonah Jameson
- Donna MurphyRosalie Octavius
- Daniel GilliesJohn Jameson
- Dylan BakerDr. Curt Connors
- Bill NunnJoseph 'Robbie' Robertson
Crew
- Sam RaimiDirector
- Alvin SargentScreenplay
- Bill PopeDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Bob MurawskiEditor
- Avi AradProducer
- Laura ZiskinProducer
- Lorne OrleansProducer
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