Name: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2019-07-04
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacob Batalon, Tom Holland, Zendaya

On a school trip to Europe, Peter Parker hopes for a break from being Spider-Man. Instead he must team up with Mysterio to fight elemental monsters and face the question of what it truly means to be a hero.

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The events of 'Avengers: Endgame' have changed the world; particularly for Peter Parker (Tom Holland) who struggles to keep his personal and professional lives separate.  Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is still reeling after the massive showdown in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, which claimed the life of his mentor, Tony Stark. It’s only natural that he chooses to take a break from apocalyptic threats, and that comes in the form of an overseas school trip, along with his mates. Although, he’s a bonafide Avenger now, which means he has great responsibilities that he can’t escape, no matter where is. Peril soon catches up to him when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) shows up and gives him his next big mission. But is Peter up to the task? One of the biggest tasks the film must tackle is picking up after the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) world-altering ‘Endgame’. It does this by taking us into Peter's head, and the frame of mind Spider-Man is in. It makes a compelling angle; Peter is struggling with who he is – a school going teenager who really likes his classmate MJ (Zendaya), and who he is meant to become – Tony Stark’s successor. The plot is mostly built around this problem, and Tom Holland brings a lot of nuance and depth to both angles. Peter’s affable demeanour is now well-established, but Holland also makes this Spider-Man a more significant force to be reckoned with, and that’s saying something. The film’s plot also has to juggle between a high-school romantic comedy tonality and the guns-blazing action spectacle that audiences have come to expect from an MCU film by now. While this can get occasionally tedious – some jokes feel a little forced and could have easily been left out – it’s engrossing under Jon Watts’ direction. Chalk it up to the performances, especially with Jake Gyllenhaal’s take on Quentin Beck a.k.a. Mysterio. The character is entirely unpredictable, made more intriguing by Gyllenhaal’s performance. The action set pieces are surprisingly innovative, especially in the second half of the film. As a result, 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' is a lot of fun but more importantly, the film is also a satisfying continuation and way forward for the MCU, as Tom Holland proves he’s more than capable of carrying an Avengers’ film on his young shoulders.

It might sound oxymoronic, but Avengers Endgame left us with a wholesome heartbreak. Our heroes brought back their fallen and saved the world from Thanos’s cosmic destruction plan. Yet, there was a price to pay, and our beloved Iron\Man AKA Tony Stark paid it. While it was undoubtedly painful to bid goodbye, the rest of our favourites seemed to have found peace. And so they should.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next step after the death and destruction of Avengers, our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man AKA Peter Parker is off on a well-deserved break with his classmates. While the loss of Tony Stark looms over him at all times, he just wants to leave aside the superhero suit for a while and finally enjoy life like a 16-year-old should. And like every teenager, he wants to get that first kiss from the girl he likes.

But as Marvel should have taught him, nothing is ever that easy. Nick Fury needs his help, as once again the world seems to be in peril, as the Elementals, which are Fire, Water and Wind monsters are wreaking havoc. Into this chaos, enters Mysterio (the ever-reliable Jake Gyllenhal) who could be Peter Parker’s next father figure after Tony Stark. This breezy and light film is how Peter can finally rise to the occasion and save his loved ones from destruction and bizarre optical illusions, which can even mess with the viewer’s mind at points.

Is Peter the next Iron Man? And does he even want to be him?

Understandably, Endgame has raised the Marvel standards to astronomical levels. So if you go in for this follow-up, expecting the same emotional intensity, depth and the well-timed punches in the gut, you won’t be entirely pleased. Spider-Man Far From Home knows it’s not striving for perfection and that it won’t smash box office records around the world.

But yet, that’s what makes Spider-Man Far From Home an enjoyable and lovable film. Maybe, we needed a little bit of a break. Perhaps, we could just enjoy a throwback to school days and that age of first love and the nervousness of dating, when things were a little easier, minus the threat of the world being in trouble.

After dealing with nuanced villains in films like Killmonger in Black Panther and Thanos in the last two Avengers film, we are back with a bad guy, who’s just straight-up crazy and evil. The plot twist won’t be entirely unforeseeable, if you’ve watched many superhero films or any thriller, but the film has your attention in a vice-like grip after that.

Tom Holland lives the role of Spider-Man, a boy who has just lost his mentor and father-figure. Even when the rest of his face is covered with a mask, his red eyes make you really feel for him. He knows how to portray that innocence and vulnerability and that constant self-doubt that nags him. And that’s what makes this Spider-Man so relatable. Please, let Tom Holland always be Spider-Man. Please.

The director makes sure that nobody has forgotten Tony Stark in any way, and that hell no, nobody ever should. Stark’s presence is felt in practically every scene of the film and it adds a bittersweet tinge.

Spider-Man Far From is easy on the mind and heart. It’s like that blueberry cheesecake you have after a very heavy and long meal. It makes you happy.

Right till the end, the film's heart remains in the right place, whether it's the brief moments Peter can steal for MJ, the times he reaches out for someone to talk to, and the short sequence that shows he is ready to be what the film always intended him to be: Tony Stark.

isn’t a great movie. It isn’t meant to be. Put in the unenviable position of coming out right after , which marked the big, bold finale of the first decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a welcome change of tone and pace. It’s meant to be a fun adventure, a relatively low stakes affair. And it is. When we first meet him in the new film, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) just wants a break. Can you blame him? The world has changed since the events of Endgame. His mentor, Tony Stark, is dead. It’s little surprise that Peter wants no part of whatever job Nick Fury is trying to recruit him for. He’s focused instead on a school trip to Italy where he hopes to reveal his romantic feelings to MJ (Zendaya). Of course, things seldom go according to plan when it comes to Peter, and his hopes for a drama-free vacation are quickly dashed when Venice is attacked by a shape-shifting ‘Elemental’ made of water. The suit must come out and Spidey must save the day, which he does, with the help of a newly arrived superhero, Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), who sports acloudy fishbowl for a helmet and claims to have come from a different earth. There’s a lot going on in the film. The memory of Tony Stark aka Iron Man feels omnipresent even though he’s six feet under. Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) is getting ‘friendly’ to Happy (Jon Favreau), but it’s not making Peter very happy. There’s also plenty of slick CGI action, including a big climatic battle at London’s Tower Bridge. But the film’s best bits are the ones that remind us that this is basically a teenage drama. It’s the interactions between Peter, his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon), obnoxious Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori), nice girl Betty (Angourie Rice), and of course spunky MJ,thathold this film together.Awkward moments, shy kisses, even a seemingly straightforward attempt to snag the perfect seat on their overseas flight is mined for laughs. Tom Holland is terrific as Peter Parker, infusing this teen from Queens with a vulnerability and goofiness that feels completely genuine.Holland brings earnestness to the part of a young boy grappling with his great powers and responsibilities, and makes you care when the odds are stacked against him, or he’s confronted with a particularly difficult decision. There’s not a lot one can say about Jake Gyllenhaal and the character of Mysterio without slipping into spoiler territory, but this much can be said – the filmmakers exploit Mysterio’s trickeries in inventive, visually exciting ways, and the actor makes a meal of the part. is relatively lighthearted and breezy even; a far cry from the intense stakes of most of the other films in the Avengers franchise. It’s not a great film because it’s never meant to be. It’s just a very good distraction – enjoyable and funny. I’m going with three and a half out of five. Don’t miss the end credits. It changes everything.    Follow for more Get the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - . Follow News18.com on , , , and on , and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you – in real time. and gain access to curated markets data, trading recommendations, equity analysis, investment ideas, insights from market gurus and much more. Get Moneycontrol PRO for 1 year at price of 3 months. Use code FREEDOM.

Quite literal to its name, Spider-Man: Far From Home is set in some major European cities like Venice, Prague and London, and while taking us on a thrilling ride, it also makes us acquainted with child-man Peter ‘Tingling’ Parker (Tom Holland) and man-child Quentin ‘Mysterio’ Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal). While they come to their own and do some grown-up acts, we could be sure that our spider-boy has come a long way, and has our back the way his mentor Tony Stark would have wanted, of course minus the swag.

Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) can’t take Captain Marvel jokes and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) is as outspoken and highbrow as ever, but guess who overshadows them with his perfect timing? Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan, who gives cue to music pieces and puts on the display his subtle understanding of the universe. He is much more than just a comic relief in a film treading down the much-travelled path and heading towards a long yet perfectly choreographed climax.

It’s mostly about speed of plot twists and partly about Gyllenhaal’s acting, who is probably the best inclusion in the Marvel universe since the Ant-Man. Does he understand the space he is in? Boy, don’t ask because if there is one thing he is pretty sure of is the dimensions he is operating in. His smarts coupled with that twitched smile and a terrific background score, Gyllenhaal offers variety, class and earnestness.
Apart from the really stretched action sequence in the end, there isn’t a lot to complain about in Spider-Man: Far From Home. It may seem boisterous at this point of time but the superhero creators might feel the need to lower down the average age of superhero characters after this one. Yes, it’s that youthful.
After the hype that Avengers Endgame was, this one is a totally worthy successor. Hardly any reasons to not watch it.

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