Spider-Man: Homecoming - 10 Valid Criticisms That Can't Be Ignored

5. Several Great Actors Are Underused

Spider-Man Homecoming Donald Glover
Marvel Studios

There's no arguing against the fact that this film has an incredible cast, and makes terrifically entertaining use of plenty of them, but there are also a ton of actors who end up having glorified cameos and therefore aren't given nearly enough screen time to showcase their talents.

There's Hannibal Buress as the hilariously ditzy gym coach, Angourie Rice as a young Betty Brant, Donald Glover just about making a dent as Aaron Davis, and surely most egregiously, Beasts of the Southern Wild's terrific Abraham Attah in a virtual non-role as Peter's background classmate Abe.

One gets the impression most of these actors just wanted a Spider-Man movie on their CV so they couldn't say no, but it's a damn shame they were lucky to get a minute or two a-piece on screen for the majority.

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