Superman Returns

2006 154 min ★ 5.8 Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Bryan Singer

Screenplay

Michael Dougherty

Tagline

"Look up in the sky!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$223,000,000

Revenue

$391,081,192

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Peters Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions, DC

Reviews

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Wuchak

February 15, 2020

★ 8/10

***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 Superma...

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John Chard

April 13, 2020

★ 8/10

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 B...

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r96sk

January 9, 2025

★ 6/10

<em>'Superman Returns'</em> 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 th...