Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses of Clark Kent; a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper the Daily Planet. At the Daily Planet Superman works with fellow reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen.
The directors Paul and Chris Weitz -- the American Pie brothers -- have tried hard not to make a tearjerker, and at its best the movie is knowing and tart.
A beguiling movie of mysterious contradictions (It is simultaneously faithful to the original text while also subverting it) that will surely annoy most of the general
If the story gets dangerously thin, Grant is pretty well flawless. And Collette, always good, is heartbreakingly believable.