Man of Steel

PG-13

Released Jun 14, 2013

2h 23m

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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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

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

ChrisStuckmann.com

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

The Dissolve

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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Tania Hussain

The Hudsucker

Man of Steel is a genre story without the cartoon-like elements seen in past superhero films, presenting a gritty, torment-ridden reboot of the character’s origin story with intense emotional genuineness.

Jul 28, 2024

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

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

Sep 20, 2023

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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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Thomas R

A flawed yet entertaining superhero flick

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Izzy M

Mean reason why I watch Man of Steel Zack Snyder’s version Superman to made fun of NORAD or put them in slander meme for no reason while watching Sym Bionic Titan. Now I have bad habits to post side character quotes from the movie. The movie is meh actually I really don’t care superhero movies or stuff.geez, I need to stop watching the movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Michael T

We have here, what probably is the BEST Superman adaptation ever. You can feel it so real, as an alien paria, living among us fighting our cruel society and yet showing strength and compassion for us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/24

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Audience Member

to me Henry plays the best Superman,,ive seen other actors do Superman ,but , henry does it very well too bad he wont continue the role ,,,even when he did the Witcher ,oh man ,,,, the guy is good at what he does .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Sabita O

Even in 2024 It's still Top-tier 🔥🔥

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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Tyler S

I did have a good time watching this one. This is the exact definition of how I pictured a modern day Superman remake. Henry Cavill did excellent in this role. Tons of action, excitement, and high pressure moments. The only issues I've seen, which I've also seen in WW and WW84 is that the script writing just either feels super lazy or oversimplified. These movies so far have also taken an interesting route in going for high pressure action and little grounded issues. Hopefully I can see more of that in the coming DCEU projects. It is just really hard to compare these films to the Marvel films I've come to love. There's just some huge difference between the two franchises that I just can't figure out yet. But overall, I still enjoyed this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/05/24

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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
Producer: Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder
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
Runtime: 2h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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