Film: Webb spins a familiar heroic tale

The Amazing Spider-Man 3D, directed by Marc Webb. Rating: 3/5. The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim. Rating: 3/5. Reviewed by John Maguire.

Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 3D.
Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 3D.

Reviewed: The Amazing Spider-Man 3D

**Directed by Marc Webb**

**Nationwide, cert 12A**

**Rating:** 3/5

Nominative determinism is a theory in psychology that supposes a person's name has some influence over what they do with their life. Mr Field might grow up to become a horticulturist, for example, and Mr Payne a glazier, or a dentist.

So it was predestined that Marc Webb, in only his second feature, would ...