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100Superman is a pure delight, a wondrous combination of all the old-fashioned things we never really get tired of: adventure and romance, heroes and villains, earthshaking special effects, and -- you know what else? Wit.
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100Estimates of the movie's costs range between $35-and $70-million; whatever the price, it was not too much to pay. As gods go, Superman is one of the godliest; his movie is one of the best.
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100It hits the characters, feel and look of the comic spot on, especially Reeve in the title role.
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100Boasts a smart screenplay by Robert Benton and David and Leslie Newman, striking cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth (especially in the Smallville sequence), bright comic turns by Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman, and of course, that winning performance by Christopher Reeve in the title role. Believe a man can fly? You bet!
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100If not the best superhero movie ever, it's definitely in the top 3. Reeve will forever be Superman to most of us.
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100Magnify James Bond's extraordinary physical powers while curbing his sex drive and you have the essence of Superman, a wonderful, chuckling, preposterously exciting fantasy.
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90Effective both as Superman and as the bumbling Clark Kent, Christopher Reeve still seems ideal for the part.
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88There's no doubt that it's a flawed movie, but it's one of the most wonderfully entertaining flawed movies made.
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Do you people know how comic book adapted movies started out? Uh Huh. "Superman" started it all, and guess what; it was marvelous.
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