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Utah film critics’ group picks the animated ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ as the best movie of 2018

The animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which brings an explosion of comic-book art to Marvel’s famous wall-crawler, was the big winner in the Utah Film Critics Association’s annual awards.

The Sony Pictures Animation film was awarded Best Picture of 2018, and received awards for best animated film and for adapted screenplay (by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman), in voting Sunday among the association’s 18 critics.

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” opened in theaters nationwide this weekend, and took in an estimated $35.4 million to lead the box-office race.

This image released by Netflix shows Yalitza Aparicio, center, in a scene from the film
This image released by Netflix shows Yalitza Aparicio, center, in a scene from the film "Roma," by filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron.