US EditionSuperman Film Review — Fun-Ride with an Appetite for Ugly Politics
METROPOLIS, JUL 8 – James Gunn’s reboot portrays Superman as a hopeful immigrant hero confronting political and social issues, with Lex Luthor as a tech billionaire antagonist in a fresh DC Universe start.
- The movie Superman, directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult, opened in theaters on July 11, 2025.
- The film was created to launch a new DC universe under Gunn and Peter Safran amid concerns from previous DC movies' poor performance and mixed reviews.
- Superman faces a land grab plot by tech billionaire villain Lex Luthor, while navigating a complicated relationship with Lois Lane and global conflict involvement.
- The film runs two hours and nine minutes, features a flying dog named Krypto, includes political themes described by Gunn as central, and has a PG-13 rating.
- Reviews highlight an overstuffed, politically charged movie with some strong performances but criticize its convoluted plot and excesses, leaving fans wary of the DC reboot's direction.
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Will James Gunn's risky Superman movie pay off?
"Superman is back and has this divided, destructive world ever needed him more?" said Jonathan Dean in The Times. Joe Schuster and Jerry Siegel's iconic cape-wearing hero made his first appearance in an early comic book back in the 1930s. Now, James Gunn has directed the first film in the rebooted franchise and a Superman movie has "rarely felt more timely".'Just a movie'Some fans will enjoy the film for the "huge fights" and cast of characters,…
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East Bay TimesReview: Strange ‘Superman’ is better than a boring one
Jake Coyle|Associated Press It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … a purple and orange shape-shifting chemical compound? Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material. Gunn, the mind behind “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide Squad,” has reliably drifted toward a B-movie superhero realm populated (usually over-populated) with the lesser-known freaks, oddities and grotesquerie of …
REVIEW. Superman is reborn as colorful and kind-hearted in James Gunn's new film, which also gives a cocky super-boot to the world's invading forces.
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s not like other ‘Superman’ films
With a K9 sidekick, a sense of humor, and a Man of Steel who says “dude,” 2025’s “Superman” might not be the Superman you expect, or even want. But for our modern times, it’s the “Superman” we all need.
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