Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

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7.0

Oct 24, 2024

Unlike many retrospectives of late lamented actors, this film has a much greater degree of honesty from it's contributors as it takes a look back at the life of the man most famous for darting about in a blue cape saving the world from Gene Hackman and Terence Stamp. It also benefits from being about a man and his family whose lives have been captured to quite an extent by home movies that illustrate the joyous, and heinous, moments as he rose to fame then struggled to come to terms with his life-altering accident. What we are given here is a frank portrayal of an actor - maybe not the most ve…

“Hero” is a revered term that, regrettably, is often overused, one that should be reserved for those truly deserving of the recognition. What’s more, somewhat surprisingly, it’s a label that is frequently most applicable to those who may not seem like the larger-than-life figures to whom it’s most usually accorded. But, in the case of actor and activist Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), “hero” is an attribute most definitely warranted. Having burst onto the scene in the lead role of “Superman” (1978), he embodied the very notion of movie superhero, a character whose uplifting impact was definitel…