'Spider-Man: No Way Home' fans can't stop raving about 1 returning actor's heartfelt performance

• Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for "Spider-Man: No Way Home," now in theaters.
• The movie features familiar faces from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's "Spider-Man" films.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" features the returns of plenty of familiar faces from past "Spider-Man" franchises, and one particular actor's heartfelt performance is being praised by fans.

"No Way Home," which marks Tom Holland's sixth appearance as the Marvel web-slinger, is a celebration of three generations of "Spider-Man" films.

After a spell cast by Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) goes wrong, visitors from the multiverse arrive in Holland's universe.

This includes the return of villains Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Dr. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock (Alfred Molina), and Flint Marko/Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) from Sam Raimi's trilogy and Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard (Rhys Ifans) and Max Dillon/Electro (Jamie Foxx) from Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man" films.

And after over a year of rampant rumors and speculation (and denials from the stars) "No Way Home" does in fact feature the returns of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

First, they come face-to-face with Ned (Jacob Batalon) and MJ (Zendaya) after Ned opens portals using Doctor Strange's sling ring. Then, they meet Holland's version of the web-slinger as he grieves over the untimely death of Aunt May.

Aside from fans praising Dafoe's menacing return as Green Goblin, people have also applauded Garfield's performance.

Garfield's past two Spidey films weren't well-received, leading to sequel plans being scrapped. The actor himself has spoken candidly about feeling "heartbroken" by the direction his franchise went in, telling Amy Adams: "Story and character were actually not top of the priority list, ultimately, and I found that really, really tricky."

More recently, he told The Guardian that money felt like the driving force behind his reboot.

Garfield's experience with "TASM" makes his standout performance in "NWH" that much more impactful. It also offers redemption and closure.

Fans who have seen "NWH" so far have voiced praise for Garfield on Twitter, saying that this movie shows that he was always a great Spider-Man.

People also said that they could tell how much the actor cares about his role, and the character, based on his performance in "NWH."

"Andrew's entrance was so amazing and well fitted! I truly miss watching him take the big screen as the web slinger!" @ThatMcuFan wrote.

"seeing andrew play peter/spiderman again was beyond unreal to me. like he just?? he has always embodied the character so well from both comic knowledge, character appreciation, and bringing in aspects of his own personality and he just BELONGS!! to that role," fan @anakinsmetalarm said.

"he literally owned the movie," another who goes by @milfadyen on Twitter wrote.

Fans also specifically highlighted Garfield's scene near the end of the film, in which he sprang into action to save MJ when Holland's web-slinger got knocked out of the way by Green Goblin.

After landing safely to the ground with MJ, Garfield looked as if he himself was on the verge of tears because he was able to save her after failing to do so with Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy in "TASM 2."

"its the way everyone knew andrew's peter saving mj was going to happen but none of us prepared for what his reaction would be when he actually saved her," Twitter user @sunsetspletzer wrote.

Given the positive reaction to Garfield's reprisal, fans are rallying for the actor to get another shot at playing Spider-Man in a standalone movie.

"the way andrew garfield an absolute blast in no way home and you could totally tell. he loves being spider man and he deserves a third movie rn," @TASMFELICIA said.

"My theater erupted when Andrew came thru the portal this was really a surreal moment Andrew was so good in this movie we all felt for him tasm 3 needs to happen," @KageDixr wrote.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is now in theaters. You can read our review here and follow along with our coverage here.