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Gaming ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Early Critic Reviews Render A Unanimous Verdict By Paul Tassi ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Follow Author Jul 28, 2026, 08:54am EDT Jul 28, 2026, 09:35am EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . A few days ahead of release, Marvel just hosted the world premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day , a movie poised to be the biggest of 2026. That event let critics take an early look at the film, and while they cannot publish scored reviews until later, dozens are posting their tweet-sized early reviews. They are all uniformly positive, if not glowing.
Many fans take these early previews and initial thoughts with a grain of salt, given that they may produce some level of overhype. There can also be a blurry line between “critic” and “influencer,” though in the age of YouTube, sometimes they are one and the same. However, the same skepticism of positive early reviews was recently directed toward The Odyssey , and we know how that turned out. MCU Spider-Man, additionally, has produced three widely loved films before this as well.
So, what are people saying in these early reviews of Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Here’s a sampling of the ones that have gone live today:
They go on like this for a while. The worst I’ve found is “actually this part was a bit mixed,” but even with those, overall impressions were positive. Again, even if these are early initial thoughts, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home scored a 92%, 91% and 93% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, respectively, with No Way Home also landing a 97% from audiences. And if many of these reviews are calling Brand New Day the best Spider-Man movie out of all three of those? Sure, it may be time to get excited.
Pre-sales reports from Spider-Man: Brand New Day are predicting an astonishing opening weekend and perhaps even the fastest a movie will make it to a billion dollars at the box office. We’ll see how this all kicks off later this week.
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