Seeing our primary heroes interact with their respective parents adds a substantial layer of familial drama that was slightly lacking in Into the Spider-Verse. Gwen Stacey's moody, painterly-style universe perfectly contrasts the vibrancy of Miles' home world (Image credit: Sony Pictures)
That it does so in a visually gorgeous, mood ring-style, watercolor-inspired palette – the unique art style of her universe – only adds to the emotion-fueled experience. It's a sequence that contextualizes who she is and what she fights for, and juxtaposes the fraught duality of her father-daughter relationship with the close-knit dynamic Miles shares with his parents Jefferson Davis (Brian Tyree Henry) and Rio Morales (Luna Lauren Velez). It's a gratifying opening that fills in sizable gaps in Gwen's backstory, which was only hinted at in Into the Spider-Verse, and acts as a primer to explains her motivations throughout Across the Spider-Verse and its forebear. In fact, it's Gwen who we spend the movie's first 25 minutes with – a lengthy sequence that cements Gwen as Across the Spider-Verse's co-lead. It's the next installment in his coming-of-age story, after all, so his position as the film's central character comes as little surprise.Īnd yet, this is as much Gwen's story as it is Miles'. Across the Spider-Verse's truncated final moments take the shine off its well-structured taleĪs the movie series' protagonist, Miles is understandably the focus of Across the Spider-Verse's sweeping narrative.
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