Superman
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings
- Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder
- Summary: An adventure re-told, spanning the Man of Steel's life from his Krypton infancy and Midwest boyhood to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent (Reeve) and through his titanic struggle with archnemesis Lex Luthor (Hackman). (Warner Bros.)
- Director: Richard Donner
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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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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it's the simple, earth-bound quality of the film that makes this comic-book fantasy soar.
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60The film burdens itself with too many story lines and an overlong (though beautifully photographed) prologue, but things really get moving when Reeve takes the screen.
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Positive: 24 out of 27
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Negative: 3 out of 27
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GregM10
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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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7Well the movie was good enough to watch. And the actor for Superman acted pretty well so yeah it was good that's worth watching.
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