# Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Relentless animation that starts out remarkable but becomes repetitive and punishing. This is paired with classics from the Marvel plotline bingo card: it’s hard to have a secret identity, tragedy can define a hero, and multiverses.

The only time the plot surprised me was when it revealed itself as only a Part I. It has so little to say that it’s hard to believe they couldn’t find room for the excess.

Great soundtrack though and the Mumbattan sequence was delightful in every way.