2025 · sci-fi · adventure · action
Superman
Directed by James Gunn2h 10m2025
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
Our read: Superman (2025) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive sci-fi · adventure · action entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme sci-fi / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- twisty
- epic-stakes
Watching Superman tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Superman feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want hopeful Superman reinvention with heart, humor, and big spectacle.”
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