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Superman (1978)

  • Rated PG
  • 2hr 23m
  •  (10)
  • 82

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  • Trailer for Superman: The Movie

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Richard Donner

Producer:

Pierre Spengler

Writer:

Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mario Puzo

Release Date:

Dec 15, 1978

Runtime:

2hr 23m

Synopsis

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Cast

  • Marlon Brando
  • Gene Hackman
  • Christopher Reeve
  • Ned Beatty
  • Jackie Cooper
  • Glenn Ford
  • Trevor Howard
  • Margot Kidder
  • Jack O'Halloran
  • Valerie Perrine

Atom User Reviews

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Verified Review

Christopher Reeve is by far the best Superman. This movie still holds up.

1 of 1 helpful votes
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Metacritic

82
metacritic
Based on 21 Critics
8.0

USER SCORE (411)

Generally favorable reviews based on 411 Reviews
100

This Superman alludes explicitly to its origins in the Depression-era comics, and Clark has a quaint 30s habit of using the phrase “Swell!” from his boyhood. Maybe now this movie looks quaint in the same way. But there’s still a surge of adventure and fun.

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Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
75

Superman is a bastion of blockbuster innocence, a movie that’s a studio product, certainly, but also something that could have grown from one of Smallville’s sun-kissed cornfields.

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Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
88

A movie that is pure escape and good, clean, unadulterated fun.

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Metacritic review by Kathleen Carroll
Kathleen Carroll
New York Daily News
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