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By Georges. (12) on 13 Jul 2006

Quite possibly the best super hero movie of all time…

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By Ricosuave (1) on 30 Jun 2006

As much as I wanted to like this film I just couldn't get over the plot holes in the end…

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By Cinewill (1) on 16 Jun 2006

Truly inspirational, saw it recently at the Arclight Hollywood with Richard Donner commenting live…

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By Brandonl. (9) on 17 Mar 2006

Superman' has been a personal favorite of mine for 10 years…

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By Christopherg. (7) on 31 Dec 2005

If I had seen this for the first time not some fifteen years after it came out I might have rated it higher…

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By Tomm (50) on 26 Sep 2005

There has yet to be a film in this genre that has topped it…

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By Judith Martin (39) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 May 2004

It's the simple, earth-bound quality of the film that makes this comic-book fantasy soar…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 31 Jan 2001

Effective both as Superman and as the bumbling Clark Kent, Christopher Reeve still seems ideal for the part, if for no other reason than his…

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By Jack Kroll (152) for Newsweek (1,534) on 21 Jun 2000

Superman is a bastion of blockbuster innocence, a movie that’s a studio product, certainly, but also something that could have grown from…

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By William Thomas (198) for Empire (3,446) on 19 Dec 1998

Manages to capture the pure heart and spirit of this comic book Americana…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 09 Apr 1993

Superman is a pure delight, a wondrous combination of all the old-fashioned things we never really get tired of: adventure and romance, heroes…

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By Pauline Kael (368) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 16 Mar 1992

Superman doesn’t have enough conviction or courage to be solidly square and dumb; it keeps pushing smarmy big emotions at us—but half-heartedly…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 19 Mar 1989

Superman is good, clean, simple-minded fun, though it's a movie whose limited appeal is built in…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Aug 1986

The film is best when it takes itself seriously, worst when it takes the easy way out into giggly camp--as it does, finally and fatally, when…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 29 Feb 1980

Boasts a smart screenplay by Robert Benton and David and Leslie Newman, striking cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth (especially in the Smallville…

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