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Superman Returns

  • 6.1 /10

  • 4443

  • 72%

Plot

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.

Cast

Brandon Routh as Clark Kent / Superman
Brandon Routh

as Clark Kent / Superman

Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane
Kate Bosworth

as Lois Lane

Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor
Kevin Spacey

as Lex Luthor

James Marsden as Richard White
James Marsden

as Richard White

Parker Posey as Kitty Kowalski
Parker Posey

as Kitty Kowalski

Frank Langella as Perry White
Frank Langella

as Perry White

Sam Huntington as Jimmy Olsen
Sam Huntington

as Jimmy Olsen

Eva Marie Saint as Martha Kent
Eva Marie Saint

as Martha Kent

Marlon Brando as Jor-El
Marlon Brando

as Jor-El

Kal Penn as Stanford
Kal Penn

as Stanford

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 28, 2006

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

  • Legendary Pictures

  • Peters Entertainment

  • Bad Hat Harry Productions

  • DC

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $223,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $391,081,192.00

Runtime

  • 2.57 hrs

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Reviews

***The Passion of the Christ, I mean Superman*** Superman returns to Earth after five years trying to find out what happened to his homeworld. As Clark Kent he gets his job back at the Daily Planet newspaper, but finds out Lois Lane has moved on without him -- having a live-in fiancé and a five-year-old child, not to mention winning a Pulitzer for her article "Why the World Doesn't Need Superm…

The light to show the way. After a five year hiatus, Superman returns to Earth to find that Lois Lane is now a soon to be married mother, but some things don't change, loony Lex Luthor is loose and his latest plan will kill billions of people. I first reviewed Superman Returns some two years after its initial release, I had first caught it on release back in 2006 and was really taken with …

'Superman Returns' brings an ounce of life back into the series, at least when compared to the prior three installments, but unfortunately overall it's disappointing. For such an overlong run time, I feel like nothing actually happens in this either. I doubt I'll remember it. Brandon Routh is decent as the title character, I don't have any notable positives about his performance but t…