On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 63% approval rating based on 262 reviews, with an average rating of 6.24/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though there are more characters and plotlines, and the action sequences still dazzle, "Spider-Man 3" nonetheless isn't quite as refined as the first two." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.