Man of Steel

PG-13

Released Jun 14, 2013

2 hr. 23 min.

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

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With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry Cavill) living on the fringe of society, he finds he must become a hero to save those he loves from a dire threat.

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Critics Consensus

Man of Steel's exhilarating action and spectacle can't fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory.

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Balazs T

Way ahead of it's time in terms of vfx and action scenes. One of the best superhero movies out there and for me definitely the best Superman movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Demarco B

A amazing film that takes risk with Superman and his character. It shows us a Clark who has to make the tough decisions to save the countless lives of earth. I noticed that in this film in order for him to save his home that he loves so much he has to kill and destroy the last hope/plan of krypton the "home" he had been searching for that was never his true home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Hans-Joachim M

I've never been a huge Superman fan. Even as a kid I did not like Superman. I couldn't tell exactly what I did not like. But now I can. Superman was too much of a Mary Sue character for me. Superman is still all mighty, yes, but the story was greatly told. With a good script, great visuals and even better actors.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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Christian G

It is the best Superman movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Christian D

man of steel define the dceu and visual effects in a superhero film it is good superman should not kill zod but this is great storyline great Russel Crowe is great Superman is starting to balance his alien heritage with his uprising as a person in humanity by his father John Kent this is great general Zod is the best villain by far in the DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE I will see it again

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Margaret S

A mi me pareció genial ,un superman fuerte pero lo que pone siempre en peligro a las películas de Dc es su cambio continuo de actores ,cuando las personas nos encariñamos con el personaje lo cambian sin importar la audiencia.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Zack Snyder

Director

Henry Cavill

Clark Kent

Amy Adams

Lois Lane

Michael Shannon

General Zod

Diane Lane

Martha Kent

Russell Crowe

Jor-El

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Jason Bailey

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Snyder is an adrenaline junkie forever jonesing for a fix; he does less building to the action beats than backing each one into the next.

Jun 21, 2016

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Chris Stuckmann

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Clark's multiple father-and-son tales are beautifully realized and it's a very fun movie to watch. However, the romance is shallow.

Rated: B+

Apr 23, 2015

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Matt Singer

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A gritty, realistic story shot by a director whose instincts constantly push him away from grit and realism, and into flash and fantasy.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2014

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Patrick Cavanaugh

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While it might set itself apart from many superhero movies that came before it, it seems to do so arbitrarily as opposed to exploring those ideas in any organic way.

Rated: 2/5

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Cory Woodroof

For the Win (USA Today)

Man of Steel was Snyder’s triumphant debut with Superman, and it’s still a thrilling example of why Clark Kent can be an engaging lead for one of these movies despite the speculation for the opposite.

Jun 16, 2023

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

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Man of Steel is fun and makes a lot of sense a lot of the time but is also dull and senseless some of the time.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 15, 2023

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Synopsis

With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry Cavill) living on the fringe of society, he finds he must become a hero to save those he loves from a dire threat.

Director: Zack Snyder
Executive Producer: Thomas Tull, Lloyd Phillips, Jon Peters
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Syncopy, Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Destruction|Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence|Some Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $291.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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