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Superman Return
The movie tells the story of Superman returning to Earth after a five-year absence and now being challenged by an old foe who uses Kryptonian technology to destroy him and the whole world.
24 January 1961, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
29 August 1979, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
19 October 1966
8 February 1928, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 March 1956, USA
June 28, 2006
Superman, born in 1938, is still very much alive in 2006. The Man of Steel has so skillfully bent the bars of our imagination that he seems real to us. And in a sense, he is.June 29, 2006
What could possibly justify making a Superman movie that runs 154 minutes? Plenty of films last longer, but their characters are generally sharp enough to recognize a guy with or without his glasses.July 06, 2010
The movie runs nearly half an hour longer than it should, with a new plot strand introduced in the third act that has questionable vitality in the presumed sequel.July 06, 2010
Superman Returns is a great kick start to a potentially knockout new franchise, which ultimately leaves the audience, like the people of Metropolis when its greatest hero returns to the skies, brimming with hope.July 12, 2010
For all the mountains of kryptonite ranged against him, you never fear for Superman or Lois Lane, never experience anything more intense than the fret of mild peril.July 02, 2006
Singer's revival of childhood wonder and timeless heroism [is] an extraordinary feat of movie magic.July 06, 2010
One of this summer's best action movies.June 29, 2006
The movie may not be a single-bound building-leaper but Bryan Singer reconfigures the daddy of all comic-book sagas into something knowing, witty, and even sensitive.June 29, 2006
There's a thin line between preserving an icon and merely delivering on an expensive franchise, but Singer's genuine connection to the Superman legend overcomes his predilection toward playing it safe.July 05, 2006
... while I can't call it a home run, I'll say it's a solid base hit.June 12, 2013
Would have benefited greatly from Singer trusting his talent and assembling a Superman movie that attempted to soar beyond the heights previously achieved decades ago.