After the emotional roller coaster of Endgame, Far from Home is a great palate-cleanser. It remains to be seen how it stands up to time as a teen school trip comedy. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is still reeling from the death of Tony Stark, his mentor, and not particularly enthused about joining the greater, intergalactic forces of good. What he wants is a vacation, and gets one in the form of a school trip to Europe. Peter has a plan to win over MJ (Zendaya) but it keeps getting side-tracked by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the arrival of giant, destructive elemental creatures intent on wrecking all the great capitals of Europe. Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio, (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the lone survivor of Earth-833 where the creatures originated, and is on hand to finish them off once and for all. Peter happily cedes control of E.D.I.T.H., a Stark-created global defense system, to Mysterio as older, wiser, and more capable because with great power comes... the need to get it as far the fuck away from you as possible so you can enjoy your life. Wait, that's not how that goes.
If you've read any of the comics or even just been aware of the major names, the third-act twist will not seem so twisty. It's still handled extremely well, however, and that is due to the strength of the main performers. Gyllenhaal has come a long way from Prince of Persia, let's just say.
There are two credit scenes, as has become the usual. The mid-credits has a cameo that you'll definitely want to see although it wasn't the one I expected, and the post-credits one is just kind of funny. They both have major implications for the MCU going forward but it's far too early to start speculating on where we'll be in the next ten years.
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