Jackson) and a new superhero named Quentin Beck ( Jake Gyllenhaal), aka Mysterio. It should be the best field trip ever, but his grand tour is repeatedly cut short by interlopers like Nick Fury ( Samuel L. With stops in Venice, Prague, London, and Paris, Peter is ecstatic to put the death of Tony Stark in the rearview and hit the holiday road while spending time with his buddy Ned (Jacob Batalon) and potential girlfriend MJ (Zendaya). Indeed, if Homecoming emulated John Hughes’ high school comedies, Far From Home much more accurately duplicates the silliness of one of Hughes’ Vacation flicks. Yet when it succeeds, it is nothing short of jubilant about the opportunity to put on a joyful show, stopping just short of actually buttering your popcorn mid-scene. And honestly, it has way more success when it’s being a Spider-Man movie than a post-Avengers, MCU movie. The first Marvel movie since the studio “ended” its saga, as well as the sequel to 2017’s bubbly reboot, Far From Home has the unenviable task of justifying the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s continuation on top of maintaining the “low to the ground,” sideways-slouched aesthetic of its predecessor. And to its credit, the grin on my face attests to the film’s effectiveness. At least according to Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far From Home, a zippy and even giddy adventure movie that wants you to believe despite having starred in 11 movies, counting animation and crossovers, the faithful Web-Head is just getting started. The Avengers might have entered and exited their endgame, but not Spider-Man.
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