Time magazine's Richard Corliss said, "The movie finds its true, lofty footing not when it displays Kal-El's extraordinary powers, but when it dramatizes Clark Kent's roiling humanity.
Richard Corliss iz magazina Time napisao je: "Film pronalazi istinske, uzvišene temelje i to ne u trenucima kada prikazuje Kal-Elove nevjerojatne supermoći, već kada dramatizira Clark Kentovu ljudskost.