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Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 43
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: Superman deftly blends humor and gravitas, taking advantage of the perfectly cast Christopher Reeve to craft a loving, nostalgic tribute to an American pop culture icon.
Runtime: 2 hrs 31 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond, in Richard Donner's blockbuster. After he comes of age, young Clark Kent, as his Earth parents have named him,... [More]
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford
Director: Richard Donner
By keeping the spectacular possibilities open, through the opening scenes of the destruction of Krypton, and the subsequent growth to manhood of the planet's only son on the plains of the Midwest, the film allows naiveté and knowingness to coexist.
Top Critic Remains a defining high point of Hollywood's tumultuous relationship with superheroes.
Top Critic The film ranks among the greatest crowd pleasers in cinema history, an achievement it will surely hold for a long time.
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 enters the action.
In Christopher Reeve, the casting department found someone with just the right charisma to pull it off.
Vem envelhecendo bem justamente por compreender que, mais do que respeitar o espectador (e respeita), é fundamental respeitar seu próprio universo.
...the film has aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1978 debut.
Donner keeps his film briskly funny and exciting, with smart and spectacular action....The greatest effect of all, however, is Reeve's miraculous performance.
Top Critic Still stands as one of the finest Superhero Movies ever made ... and I suspect it always will.
September 07, 2008:
Further Reading: Superman's Musical Moment in It's a Bird... It's a Plane...
The 1975 TV special It's a Bird It's a Plane It's Superman is so seldom-seen it tends to get written off by people who only judge from ropey clips in documentaries which bulk... More...
September 03, 2008:
Mark Millar Plots Seven-Hour Superman Trilogy 
Now that Warners has confirmed its plans to reboot the "Superman" franchise yet again, Mark Millar is shedding a little more light on his dream for an epic Man of Steel trilogy. More...
May 01, 2007:
Frank Miller on "300," "The Spirit" & "Sin City 2"
Frank Miller had to suffer through some really terrible years where Hollywood is concerned, but now with "Sin City" and "300" behind him, and an adaptatation... More...
August 31, 2006:
Actor Glenn Ford Dead at 90
People of my generation (and younger) most likely remember the widely-admired Glenn Ford as "the actor who played Pa Kent" in Richard Donner's classic... More...
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