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Superman Returns
Directed by
Bryan Singer
PG-13
2006
2h 34m
Action
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Adventure
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6.1
74%
60%
From $3.99
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.
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Cast of Superman Returns
Brandon Routh
Clark Kent / Superman
Kate Bosworth
Lois Lane
Kevin Spacey
Lex Luthor
James Marsden
Richard White
Parker Posey
Kitty Kowalski
Frank Langella
Perry White
Sam Huntington
Jimmy Olsen
Eva Marie Saint
Martha Kent
Marlon Brando
Jor-El
Kal Penn
Stanford
Tristan Lake Leabu
Jason White
David Fabrizio
Brutus
Ian Roberts
Riley
Vincent Stone
Grant
Jack Larson
Bo the Bartender
Noel Neill
Gertrude Vanderworth
Keegan Joyce
Boy with Camera
Jordana Beatty
Little Girl
Rob Flanagan
Bank Gunner
Stephan Bender
15 Year Old Clark
Peta Wilson
Bobbie-Faye
Jeff Truman
Gil
Barbara Angell
Polly
Ian Bliss
Shuttle Commander
Ansuya Nathan
Shuttle Pilot
Richard Branson
Shuttle Engineer
Warwick Young
777 Co-Pilot
Bradd Buckley
777 Navigator
Bill Young
Mission Control Flight Director
Karina Bracken
Hospital Ward Nurse
Raelee Hill
Hospital Nurse
Frederique Fouche
French News Anchor (as Frederique Fouché)
Rebecca Barratt
German Reporter
Karen Pang
Hospital Reporter #8
Jennifer Sciole
EMT (uncredited)
Donald MacDonald
British Scientist
James Karen
Ben Hubbard
Superman Returns Ratings & Reviews
BLOCKBUSTER
February 10, 2025
Some might say it's slow. But they forget, it's a continuation of the Chris Reeves Superman series. In that context it's quite impossibly enjoyable. The music hits well and the script comes off well. My only critique is the very strange combination of having this film take place as a sequel to Superman 2, but cellphones are also a thing? The world Superman Returns takes does not make it easy to follow the idea that this is infact a sequel.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Singer's revival of childhood wonder and timeless heroism [is] an extraordinary feat of movie magic.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
There's a thin line between preserving an icon and merely delivering on an expensive franchise, but Singer's genuine connection to the Superman legend overcomes his predilection toward playing it safe.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
The main point of Superman Returns is that Singer spends 2 1/2 hours avoiding a franchise-size fumble.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Yes, this Superman soars, but he doesn't always take us with him.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Flled with so many grandly iconic images that it's rather easy to dismiss the film's not-inconsiderable shortcomings.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
Overlong and occasionally unfocused, it may have flaws, but like its formerly unknown star, it weathers its early uncertain steps by providing memorable moments of its own.
Reverse Shot
Eric Kohn
The movie runs nearly half an hour longer than it should, with a new plot strand introduced in the third act that has questionable vitality in the presumed sequel.
UGO
Brian Tallerico
May be the most reverent superhero film ever made.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
... while I can't call it a home run, I'll say it's a solid base hit.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
The movie may not be a single-bound building-leaper but Bryan Singer reconfigures the daddy of all comic-book sagas into something knowing, witty, and even sensitive.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
What could possibly justify making a Superman movie that runs 154 minutes? Plenty of films last longer, but their characters are generally sharp enough to recognize a guy with or without his glasses.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Superman, born in 1938, is still very much alive in 2006. The Man of Steel has so skillfully bent the bars of our imagination that he seems real to us. And in a sense, he is.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The much ballyhooed movie, far from great and far from short (2 1/2 hours!), is still great fun.
Observer
Rex Reed
Strictly for fans on school vacation.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Superman Returns careens along at wild speeds while still stopping for thoughtful moments.
Slate
Dana Stevens
Is anyone else out there drumming their fingers waiting for the superhero craze to be over?
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
While his movie can be cumbersome, it's consistently alive, and that is saying a lot when many such productions are dead in the water, on land or in the air. Also, how can you resist the charm of a fantasy in which everyone gets his news from newspapers?
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Director Bryan Singer nimbly navigates the tricky balance between the old-school purists and 21st century sensibility, with existential questions: does the world need Superman? Does he need us?
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Superman Returns should swoop away with a big chunk of the summer box office, and deservedly so.
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