Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material. Gunn, the mind behind “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide Squad,” has reliably drifted toward a B-movie superhero realm populated (usually over-populated) with the lesser-known freaks, oddities and grotesquerie of back-issue comics.

"Superman," starring David Corenswet and in theaters Friday, takes the most comic-centric approach to a superhero movie in a post-Marvel world.

A wonderfully entertaining, heartfelt cinematic reset for the Man of Steel, and a great start for James Gunn's DC universe on the big screen.

The latest attempt at Superman's story is immensely ambitious, with overt politics and eye-popping action.

Here are just a few of the first reactions pouring in for James Gunn’s Superman. #Superman soars. It's a non-stop joyride, packed with humor, action, and emotion. There's spectacle to spare, unbridled optimism,

Film critics have weighed in with the first reactions to James Gunn's Superman, which stars David Corenswet as the caped superhero.