User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. JohnCasey
    Jan 2, 2009
    9
    A classic.
  2. JohnCasey
    Jan 19, 2010
    10
    A classic.
Metascore

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. 10
    Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up.
  2. 50
    The whole movie is so solemn, so worshipful toward its theme, that it's finally just silly.
  3. The screenplay is priceless (funny) and it's Mr. Reeve who sets the film's tone. Unfortunately, his unshadowed good looks, granite profile, bright naivete and eagerness to please - the qualities that made him such an ideal Superman - look absurd here.