Marvel’s new MCU Spider-Man series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, opens to remarkably high critic reviews, but the general audience’s reactions are significantly less positive. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man debuts with a double-episode premiere on Disney+ on January 29, 2025, introducing a brand-new MCU timeline populated by new variants of characters like Peter Parker, Norman Osborn, and Doctor Strange. Tom Holland doesn’t return for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but Marvel Studios Animation’s new Spider-Man show introduces a new Peter Parker variant with a bright future ahead.
A few hours after episodes 1 and 2 became available on Disney+, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man holds a 100% Tomatometer score and a 78% Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning that its audience score is 22 percentage points below its perfect critics’ score and only 18 percentage points above Rotten Tomatoes‘ “stale” rating. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s critic and audience scores continue to fluctuate as more reviews arrive, of course.
What Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s RT Scores Mean
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s Strengths Are Clear
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s high critics score on Rotten Tomatoes is reflected in critics’ reviews, which praise Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s appropriate balance between its family-friendly tone and earnest execution. A vintage art style, inspired soundtrack, vibrant action scenes, and a fresh take on Spider-Man’s lore are all positive aspects underlined by critics. Meanwhile, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s animation style and voice acting have been criticized by some viewers.
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Critics and audiences’ reviews are still too sparse to draw conclusions. However, it seems like Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s plot and action are its main strengths, while its art direction has been rather divisive. It’s also important to note that Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man star Hudson Thames shared some controversial comments about his expectations for the show the day before its release, which might have led to some pushback by viewers.
Our Take On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s RT Scores
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s Premiere Proves The Series Has Plenty Of Potential
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s final score when episode 8 releases will provide a clearer image of critics and audiences’ reactions. However, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s 100% debut score is already an impressive feat. X-Men ’97 holds a 99% Tomatometer score a little shy of a year after its release. X-Men ’97 is followed by Ms. Marvel‘s 98%, WandaVision‘s 92%, Hawkeye‘s 92%, Loki‘s 87%, and What If…?‘s 85% Tomatometer scores.
|
MCU Show |
Tomatometer Score (Critics) |
Popcornmeter (Audience) |
|---|---|---|
|
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man |
100% |
78% |
|
X-Men ’97 |
99% |
91% |
|
Ms. Marvel |
98% |
80% |
|
WandaVision |
92% |
88% |
|
Hawkeye |
92% |
88% |
|
Loki |
87% |
86% |
|
What If…? |
85% |
63% |
All of the MCU’s aforementioned top-rated shows have a smaller gap between their Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores than Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, except for one. Loki has the shortest gap, with an 87% Tomatometer and an 86% Popcornmeter. What If…? currently has the exact same gap as Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — 22 percentage points, with an 85% Tomatometer and an 63% Popcornmeter score.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes