Brandon Routh, Frank Langella, James Marsden
Following a mysterious absence of several years, Superman comes back to Earth -- but things have changed. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, The Man of Steel faces the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 28, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (39,734)
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October 10, 2006This "Superman" brings the magic from the original movies and brings new life to it. It's thrilling, moving, and often humorous.
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September 14, 2009Saw it again, my rating actually improved the 2nd time around. (Gave it 2 1/2 stars the first time). - review to follow, have a headache right now.
Directed by: Bryan Singer
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September 3, 2009I hate this film, I don't know what gave Bryan Singer the audacity to sat 'Forget the last 2 films, I've got a better idea'. How dare he! Start again, you wont be able to top the first film but put your own mark on it! Its just so painfully crap, Singer is very overrated and the ...( read more)
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April 21, 2009" I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn't need a savior, but every day I hear people crying for one."
After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to earth to become the peoples savior once again and reclaim the love...( read more) -
January 31, 2009Kevin Spacey should just stay in this role ALWAYS! LOL he was very good. Everybody else???? ugghh(?)
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November 16, 2009what were they thinking,WB , bryan singer, james marsden, did any one read this script before they spent two hundred million dollars on this crap, what really gets me is, there are unlimited storys to pick from,fantastic, tried and true kinda stories, we know who he is, so no mor...( read more)
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November 11, 2009I actually liked this movie but it's hard to fill in the big shoes of Chris Reid.
Critic Reviews
June 28, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
June 28, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
The bittersweet love story is interesting, [and] the digital action looks as costly as it obviously was ... but despite the considerable amount of time that Superman spends flying around the sky, his ... full review
June 27, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It delivers all the thrills, suspense and amazement fans could demand of a comic book story, leaping from scene to scene with superheroic agility. full review
June 27, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Superman Returns should swoop away with a big chunk of the summer box office, and deservedly so. full review
June 27, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The world needs him, all right, and it should welcome his Return. full review
June 27, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is a glum, lackluster movie in which even the big effects sequences seem dutiful instead of exhilarating. full review
June 26, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's good to have him back, even if he is a bit more fragile. full review
June 26, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The final scenes would make Wagner check his watch. It's not that the movie is 157 minutes; it's that it feels like 157 minutes. full review
June 26, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Picture my disappointment as I realized that, for all the pizzazz of Superman Returns, its global weapon of choice would not be terrorism, or nuclear piracy, or dirty bombs. It would be real estate. full review
June 22, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
That 'S' on his suit has a whole new meaning: He's a Soul man. full review
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July 17, 2009the best movie ever... i hope the next superman film will reveal that the boy's real father is superman
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April 20, 2009it's been 3 years since they made the last superman movie,when are they gonna make another superman movie with brandon routh in it again (even if his married already)? hope they will make it this year or next year...
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March 19, 2009Why is this movie getting such a great rating?
This is a really bad movie, it's not the actors fault either, it was the script.
I saw it in the theater and hated it and even blocked it out until I saw it on tv and I remembered how much I hate this movie.
What ruined it for me was the fact that a little kryptonite can Hurt Him and yet he lifts a whole ISLAND made from it?
Yeah that makes friggin sense!!!
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June 6, 2008This movie is great and I absolutely love the music in it!! It's awesome because he's from my hometown and my friend is is clost cousin. It's sweet!
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March 2, 2008I really liked this film. There. I said it. Sure, it was so inured in trying to bring out character moments that it barely gave the plot a once-over, and it referenced the original film WAY too many times, but as the first Superman film in a little less than twenty years, it was great! The action was all intense, and those afore-mentioned character moments are well-played and interesting. My ONLY quibble was in the casting and portrayal of Lois Lane (I never liked Margot Kidder, but Bosworth has nothing on her), but save that little (well, major) caveat, it was a fantastic film that I feel only disappoints because of how overly-hyped it was. It's not Spider-Man... but then again, it's not supposed to be.
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January 14, 2008
I couldn't remember if I commented years b4 or not but here goes.
I hated this movie, it really let me down, I was all pumped up to see it and then BOOM!!!
It died on the table and there was nothing I could do to stop it.
the special FX were great I'll give it that but there were so many things wrong with this movie it was sad.
One of the few movies to make me cry, not because it was touching but because it turned one of my favorite superheros into a pathetic wimp.
It's rather sad really.
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December 20, 2007
hey dam n i uv da whole smallville "superman part1-6 and superman return "chris hes awful "branddon & thomas da new hero hahahhahah "st***n ,luv dat part kissi lana lui
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August 23, 2007This was the first movie that made you believe that he was actually flying. If you didn't knowest all the other movies his hair never moved. I don't know what proda they were using but if you are flying as the speed of sound, your hair will move!
P.S
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