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1980
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42
Negative reviews
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4.1
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5.0
Superman is a pure delight, a wondrous combination of all the old fashioned things we never really get tired of: adventure and romance, heroes and vil ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Thus, the movie will appeal primarily to adults looking to relive their youth by watching a 1970s style blockbuster.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Magnify James Bonds extraordinary physical powers while curbing his sex drive and you have the essence of Superman, a wonderful, chuckling, prepostero ..
Variety
4.5
By keeping the spectacular possibilities open, through the opening scenes of the destruction of Krypton, and the subsequent growth to manhood of the p ..
Time Out
5.0
Reeves charm and assurance save the show from the potentially unfortunate consequences of epic pretensions.I cant think of another movie newcomer who ..
5.0
And its the simple, earth bound quality of the film that makes this comic book fantasy soar.
4.0
Look, up on the screen!.Its a bird, its a plane, its the original 1978 film version of Superman!
4.5
She swoons for Superman and literally flies away with him, but then how could anyone think Superman looked like Clark Kent Superman doesnt wear glasse ..
Rogerebert
4.5
The unfolding of the great mystery behind Supermans nemesis arrives without much of a foreshadowed basis.
IGN
5.0
The person we will remember the most is Christopher Reeve as Superman, and this is the way he should be remembered . . . You will still believe a man ..
E Film Critic
3.0
All this makes a highly entertaining, though undemanding mixture, of sci fi, romance and comedy, which could hardly have come off at all at any lower ..
Telegraph
5.0
Unusually, and pleasingly, the action packed sequel is equal to the original.
4.4
It is this years answer to Star Wars, a movie that is pure escape and good, clean, unadulterated fun.
Ny Daily News
4.0
Superman, The Movie is a rousing screen version about Americas foremost folk hero.
Spirituality And Practice
4.4
In terms of quality of content, theres nothing extraordinary or unforgettable there.Taking Superman as a whole, theres no doubt that its a flawed movi ..
ReelViews
3.1
With its egregiously overlong running time and questionable special effects, Superman never quite becomes anything more than a mildly engaging curiosi ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
Christopher Reeves Man of Steel was manlier and steelier than other recent portrayals REUTERS In this era of wall to wall Spandex saviours and seismic ..
The Times
4.5
No sex, please, were Superman Jimmy Olsen washes ashore downstream from the crumbling dam, I guess, because he shows up in Superman II (again played b ..
3.5
Superman can bring the world to its knees with a simple flick of his thumb, so most of Superman: The Movie is spent exploring a superhero who has to d ..
Cinema Crazed
4.5
All this storytelling is never rushed, and were left wanting more.
Flim Threet
5.0
Forty years after his 1938 comic book debut, cinema finally provided a forum equal to Supermans epic pop culture stature.
Bbc
2.5
But the film doesnt bring any ambiguity into this portrait of an outsize F.B.I. man from space.It doesnt risk new sources of comedy.
New Yorker
4.5
Geoffrey Unsworths expansive photography is richly visual and aids the transition by gradually shifting from soft focus to sharper images.
Hollywood Reporter
4.3
Superman remains the definitive comic book origin film Superman is the most influential, if not definitive comic book superhero origin story well ever ..
Lyles Movie Files
3.8
The film burdens itself with too many story lines and an overlong (though beautifully photographed) prologue, but things really get moving when Reeve ..
Movies Tv Guide
4.0
For me its as if somebody had constructed a building as tall as the World Trade Center in the color and shape of a carrot.Rabbits, might admire it.
Ny Times
4.5
A classic, which became the adaptation of a comic by its excellence.
3.8
Superman is nowhere in the same league as the great screwball comedies of classic Hollywood, but as the narrative proper gets underway the movie has t ..
Larsen On Film
4.0
The only time in five tries that a Superman movie actually managed to capture the essence of what makes the Man of Steel such a potent, classic symbol ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
Forty years after its theatrical release in 1978, Superman: The Movie remains the quintessential Superman film.
Solzy At The Movies
4.5
With a triumphant score by John Williams, the searing sincerity of Christopher Reeve and a preposterous grand finale, it is impossible not to root for ..
Film 4
3.0
A classic tribute to an American pop culture icon, Superman is the first great comic book movie and a nostalgic ode to the ideals of a more innocent t ..
Decent Films
5.0
No, it is funny and displays a surprising sense of wit which saves it.
Scifi Movie Page
1.5
The film is best when it takes itself seriously, worst when it takes the easy way out in giggly camp as it does, finally and fatally, when Lex Luthor ..
Chicago Reader
1.5
Kryptonite, in fact, isnt as rare as it used to be, almost everyone has a piece of it.
The Indian Express
4.0
In Christopher Reeve, the casting department found someone with just the right charisma to pull it off.
Movie Metropolis
5.0
The comedy is broad and boring, and even Bava devotees might find this one tough going.
Film Frenzy
4.5
Kidder does a really good Lois Lane, smart and sassy yet good humoured shes no Teri Hatcher (still the best Lois) but shell do.
Dark Horizons
1.5
It doesnt get darker than that, does it The problem with Batman V Superman: The Dawn of Justice is not that its too dark.
The Hindu
4.5
I dont mind a silly villain but he wasnt charming silly but just annoying.
rachelsreviews.net
3.0
Though Superman has aged more gracefully than many 70s sci fi films, the films drawn out first act may make viewers long for the more modern wham blam ..
eye WEEKLY
5.0
Superman still remains the best superhero movie ever made, full of humor, heart, and an iconic performance by Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel.
3.5
This may be a minor, even ungrateful, cavil since the movie abounds in delightful detail and cinematic invention.
Parallax View
5.0
40 years later, Superman: The Movie remains iconic. Its legacy will only continue to improve with time and will always stand as the Godfather of all s ..
CinemaDebate
4.5
Hackman always exudes class and he doesnt treat the material like it is beneath him.
4.5
The film ranks among the greatest crowd pleasers in cinema history, an achievement it will surely hold for a long time.
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