Superman Returns

    Superman Returns
    2006

    Synopsis

    Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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    Cast

    • Brandon RouthClark Kent / Superman
    • Kevin SpaceyLex Luthor
    • Kate BosworthLois Lane
    • James MarsdenRichard White
    • Parker PoseyKitty Kowalski
    • Frank LangellaPerry White
    • Sam HuntingtonJimmy Olsen
    • Eva Marie SaintMartha Kent
    • Marlon BrandoJor-El
    • Kal PennStanford

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Time

      The best Hollywood movies always knew how to sneak a beguiling subtext into a crowd-pleasing story. Superman Returns is in that grand tradition. That's why it's beyond Super. It's superb.
    • 90

      Variety

      Grandly conceived and sensitively drawn.
    • 90

      Newsweek

      This Superman, which infuses its action with poetry, soars as a love story filled with epic yearnings, thwarted desires and breathtaking imagery.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Superman Returns is not only a credit to the first two Superman movies; it may be the best of the series. Its combination of romance and fantasy adventure is unparalleled in superhero comic book-to-movie sagas.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Director Bryan Singer positions this new film as a sequel to Donner's film, and his Superman -- played with winning fortitude by newcomer Brandon Routh -- is less a Man of Steel than a Man of Heart.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      The surprise of Superman Returns is that it isn't a funky, ambitious conceptual reimagining, like last summer's "Batman Begins." This really IS your father's Superman; it re-creates - and updates, though just barely - the universe Donner invented.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      Superman returns with a bang. Singer tarnishes his hero's halo with just enough sexual longing and self-doubt to make him riveting and relatable. That "S" on his suit has a whole new meaning: He's a Soul man.
    • 50

      The New Yorker

      Picture my disappointment as I realized that, for all the pizzazz of Superman Returns, its global weapon of choice would not be terrorism, or nuclear piracy, or dirty bombs. It would be real estate. What does Warner Bros. have in mind for the next installment? Superman overhauls corporate pension plans? Luthor screws Medicare?

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