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88
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Estimates of the movie's costs range between $35-and $70-million; whatever the price, it was not too much to pay. As gods go, Superman is one of the godliest; his movie is one of the best.Full Review

Jay Scott
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Superman is a pure delight, a wondrous combination of all the old-fashioned things we never really get tired of: adventure and romance, heroes and villains, earthshaking special effects, and -- you know what else? Wit.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

If not the best superhero movie ever, it's definitely in the top 3. Reeve will forever be Superman to most of us.Full Review

Luke Y. Thompson
Dallas Observer

Boasts a smart screenplay by Robert Benton and David and Leslie Newman, striking cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth (especially in the Smallville sequence), bright comic turns by Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman, and of course, that winning performance by Christopher Reeve in the title role. Believe a man can fly? You bet!Full Review

Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Magnify James Bond's extraordinary physical powers while curbing his sex drive and you have the essence of Superman, a wonderful, chuckling, preposterously exciting fantasy.Full Review

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