Early 'Superman' Reviews Turn Heads as Rotten Tomatoes Score Is Revealed
As reported by Variety, a handful of critics have sounded off on social media about their feelings about the new Superman reboot. "Bold yet faithful," wrote Bryan Sudfiel. Meanwhile, critic Brandon Davis said that the romantic chemistry between David Corenswet's Superman and Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane "is off the charts" in the movie.
And now, the official Rotten Tomatoes score for the 2025 Superman has been revealed. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Superman has a high score of 90 percent right now.
Historically, reviews of various Superman movies are all over the place. While 2013's Man of Steel holds a 57 percent score on RT from critics, it has a 75 percent score from general audiences. 2006's Superman Returns is basically the opposite; the critical score is 73 percent, and the audience score is 60. Only when we go further back in time to the 1978 classic, starring Christopher Reeve, does the audience perception and the critical perception of a Superman movie start to align.
So yes, the critical score for Superman is a solid 90 percent. But the audience score won't be clear well into the weekend.
In short, with this Superman movie, like several Superman movies before it, we should expect there to be some kind of general disagreement about its basic quality. There's a good chance the film will make a ton of money at the box office. Will everyone love it? That remains to be seen.Early 'Superman' Reviews Turn Heads as Rotten Tomatoes Score Is Revealed first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 8, 2025
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