Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its director stated on the record that "really, to me it's a story about a kid who grew up without a father and goes out to find himself, I didn't think about it as a superhero movie, I didn't think…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "one of the themes of the movie is the missing piece, Peter has his parents torn from him when he was very young, Curt Connors is missing an arm, We all have a…" 2. Its director stated on the record that "in the very early conversations I had with the studio about what I wanted to do, it was really more about character than it was about the action and stuff, I w…" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 11 of 100 4.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "Really, to me it's a story about a kid who grew up without a father and goes out to find himself. I didn't think about it as a superhero movie, I didn't think about it as a comic book movie per se —…"Collider, July 2012 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "One of the themes of the movie is the missing piece. Peter has his parents torn from him when he was very young... Curt Connors is missing an arm... We all have a missing piece, and it's how we choos…"Screen Rant, July 2012 source ↗
- 3Creator statementdirector: "In the very early conversations I had with the studio about what I wanted to do, it was really more about character than it was about the action and stuff. I wanted to make a character piece that evo…"Den of Geek, July 2012 source ↗
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 11 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
WhatSphere presents the sourced record; it does not cast the judgement. Every statement above is drawn from a stored, sourced row — shown beside it — and nothing is asserted beyond what those receipts support.
Synopsis
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Age: 28 — strongly youth-oriented
Quadrant Scores
Audience Representation
Where to Watch (US)
What did the audience think? Rate The Amazing Spider-Man — every voice counts equally, no account needed. Clean reviews appear instantly.
Put its audience profile side by side with any other title.
Advocacy Over Time in Action
The average advocacy score of Action titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 | 9 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3 | 5 |
| 1981 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984 | 2 | 11 |
| 1985 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 14 |
| 1988 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 0 | 9 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 | 14 |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | 2 | 13 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 |
| 1999 | 1 | 13 |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 1 | 20 |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 |
| 2003 | 2 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 2 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 12 | 25 |
| 2024 | 8 | 31 |
| 2025 | 4 | 35 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
| This title (2012) | 11 | 1 |
● This title (2012): advocacy 11 · explore Action →
Cast & Crew
Christina Fong (director) · Peter Lyons Collister (director)