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A competent effort that ensures the franchise - and [Webb's] reputation - are safe, it's just a shame it doesn't soar.

It just all feels like too much of what we expect and not enough we haven't seen before.

The 12-certificate seems severe. This is a kids movie if ever there was one.

The effects are eye-popping and the look of the film is exquisite.

Whooshing between buildings at high speed over and over again feels like an overdose of Ritalin. The three-way baddie climax is nauseating, unexciting and full of contrivances.

There are some astonishing sequences that leverage the freedom animation has to move perspective.

I had to step aside to try to enjoy it as a thing itself and I'm not convinced I succeeded.

The balance between the individual and the bigger picture is perhaps the greatest strength of Homecoming.

The drawing is good as the story scatters.

The film maintains an excellent blend of the domestic and the dramatic