Poster © Sony Pictures Releasing. Shown at reduced size for review and commentary.
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GenreAction & Sci-Fi
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 16 mins
ReleasedJuly 3, 2012
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorMarc Webb
StarringAndrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
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| The Amazing Spider-Man's Details | |
| Genre | Action & Sci-Fi |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 06/13/2012 (Tokyo); 07/03/2012 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 16 mins |
| Budget | $200–230M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| The Amazing Spider-Man's Interests | |
| General | Spiders, homemade web shooters, Oscorp labs, rooftop nights, skateboards, dad's old briefcase. |
| Music | James Horner |
| Movies | Spider-Man (2002). The other first spider bite. (500) Days of Summer (2009), same director. |
| Television | Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Saturday morning web slinging since the nineties. |
| Heroes | Gwen Stacy. Top of the class and the smartest person in every room. |
| The Amazing Spider-Man's Crew | |
| Director | Marc Webb |
| Writers | James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves, James Vanderbilt (story) |
| Producers | Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Music | James Horner |
| Edited By | Alan Edward Bell, Pietro Scalia |
| Production | Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Arad Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions |
| Distributed By | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Sony rebooted Spider-Man so fast the old suit was barely back on its hanger, then spent a big chunk of 136 minutes retelling an origin story moviegoers had already seen. Spider bite, Uncle Ben, the big lesson. Again. The new hook is a mystery about Peter’s parents, which the movie sets up like a huge deal and then mostly forgets. Rhys Ifans’ Lizard is a giant reptile with a vague plan, and the CGI makes him look like a rubber bath toy. But Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have chemistry so easy it makes every scene they share feel like a different, better movie. Garfield’s Peter is twitchy and sarcastic in a way that actually feels like a teenager, and Denis Leary is a great grumpy dad as Captain Stacy. A 5.9 because the two leads are wonderful and the rest is a rerun. It still made $758.7 million worldwide, so clearly I’m outvoted. $40.04 says you skip ahead to the Peter and Gwen scenes and pretend the lizard was never invited.
What works: Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have easy, funny chemistry, and Garfield’s nervous, sarcastic Peter feels like a real kid.
What doesn’t: It retells an origin moviegoers had already seen, and the Lizard is a bland villain with a fuzzy plan.
Who it’s for: Fans of Garfield and Stone as a couple, and anyone curious why people still argue about which Spider-Man is best.
Spoilers
Peter stops Connors from turning all of New York into lizards, but Captain Stacy dies in the fight and asks Peter to stay away from Gwen. Peter promises, then hints to her in the last scene that he probably won’t keep it.
Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is a skateboarding, camera-carrying loner at a New York high school, raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field) ever since his parents left him with them as a kid. When he finds his dad's old briefcase, the clues point him to Oscorp and his father's former colleague, Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a scientist chasing a formula to regrow lost limbs. One wrong turn in a lab full of spiders later, Peter can suddenly stick to walls. His crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), happens to intern there. Marc Webb directs. One hundred thirty-six minutes, web shooters sold separately.
Anyone who got bitten by something weird and decided it was probably fine. Bring a skateboard.
Dr. Curt Connors / Lizardphoto: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
| Andrew Garfield | Peter Parker / Spider-Man |
| Emma Stone | Gwen Stacy |
| Rhys Ifans | Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard |
| Denis Leary | George Stacy |
| Campbell Scott | Richard Parker |
| Irrfan Khan | Rajit Ratha |
| Martin Sheen | Ben Parker |
| Sally Field | May Parker |
| Embeth Davidtz | Mary Parker |
| Chris Zylka | Flash Thompson |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $758.7M; Domestic box office $262.8M; Opening weekend $62M; Profit / loss (est.) +$56.9M; Rotten Tomatoes 71%; CinemaScore A−; box office chart updated; RT 71% (339 reviews); Metacritic 66 / 100; CinemaScore A−; IMDb users 7.0 / 10 (791,097 votes); movie.guru score 6.6.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.