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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Nicolas Cage is the star of movies like National Treasure and national treasures like Con Air.

This isn’t the first Spider-Man film, or even the best – but it’s the only one so far with a palpable sense of joy.

It’s everything you liked about the first one, without all the heart.

A simple story about redemption that packs more of an emotional charge than you’d expect