Superman: Critic Reviews

Superman is good, clean, simple-minded fun...

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

Superman is a pure delight...

The film is best when it takes itself seriously, worst when it takes the easy way out in giggly camp -- as it does, finally and fatally, when Lex Luthor enters the action.

Magnify James Bond's extraordinary physical powers while curbing his sex drive and you have the essence of Superman, a wonderful, chuckling, preposterously exciting fantasy.

Along with its 1980 sequel, no live-action version has so effectively captured the essence of the characters.

Super-nostalgic adventure still soars.

... a lot of fun, and the lot of talented people involved have managed to get a lot of their talent very enjoyably on view.

With a triumphant score by John Williams, the searing sincerity of Christopher Reeve and a preposterous grand finale, it is impossible not to root for Superman in this most enjoyable of feel-good movies.

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

Arguably still the most solid 'origin' and emotion-churning superhero story on the big screen.

The only time in five tries that a Superman movie actually managed to capture the essence of what makes the Man of Steel such a potent, classic symbol of American optimism.

The film ranks among the greatest crowd pleasers in cinema history, an achievement it will surely hold for a long time.

In Christopher Reeve, the casting department found someone with just the right charisma to pull it off.

Vem envelhecendo bem justamente por compreender que, mais do que respeitar o espectador (e respeita), e fundamental respeitar seu proprio universo.

...the film has aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1978 debut.

Donner keeps his film briskly funny and exciting, with smart and spectacular action....The greatest effect of all, however, is Reeve's miraculous performance.

This Superman has the right mix of seriousness and humor.

By keeping the spectacular possibilities open, through the opening scenes of the destruction of Krypton, and the subsequent growth to manhood of the planet's only son on the plains of the Midwest, the film allows naivete and knowingness to coexist.

The best superhero movie ever made.

[It] remains the single best superhero movie ever made.

Faithful to the story with a great cast. I DO believe a man can fly.