Superman
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 1978 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphPatrick Gibbs
A highly entertaining, though undemanding mixture, of sci-fi, romance and comedy, which could hardly have come off at all at any lower artistic level, nor without such a happy choice for the central part as Christopher Reeve. Read full review
60
Time Out
The film allows naiveté and knowingness to coexist. Only when it goes all out for cold Batmanesque villainy in the second half does it narrow its focus and lose its way. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
The 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. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Superman doesn’t have enough conviction or courage to be solidly square and dumb; it keeps pushing smarmy big emotions at us—but half-heartedly. It has a sour, scared undertone. Read full review
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