Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story: reviews

What the critics say average 8.6 from 5 outlets

• 10 SlashfilmBill Bria While Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui's documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story recounts Reeve's journey with appropriate tenderness, it isn't a hagiography. It consistently reminds audiences that this was a real human being, and not actually a savior from another star. Read
• 9.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a moving, wrenching, compellingly well-made documentary about Reeve's life that inevitably ends up centering on his accident and its aftermath. Read
• 8.3 IndiewireSiddhant Adlakha As much as it's a movie about one man's struggle, it's a family drama too, and the way his paralysis shifts their dynamic over the years is enrapturing to watch. Read
• 8.0 ColliderRoss Bonaime The editing in Super/Man is perfectly handled, taking what could've been a straightforward documentary and turning a life into a collection of what makes us who we are?both the good and the bad. Read
• 7.5 CriticDan Mecca Despite its straightforward, perhaps manipulative heart-tugging nature, this film is impossible not to like because of the goodwill of its subject and foundation he created. Read