James Gunn’s Superman is the reset the DCU needed. And it works.
David Corenswet steps into the cape and makes it his own within the first fifteen minutes. This is a Superman who is genuinely good, genuinely hopeful, without being naive or flat. Gunn understands something a lot of superhero filmmakers have forgotten: Superman is not interesting because he is powerful — he is interesting because he chooses to be decent. The film builds around that idea and is better for it.
The supporting cast is strong. Rachel Brosnahan brings real grounding to Lois Lane. The villain is credible, the threat feels real, and the tone is confident without being smug — which is a harder balance than it looks.
Is it perfect? No. Some of the third-act action runs a beat too long. But this is a Superman film that left me genuinely excited for what comes next in the DCU — which is not something I expected to say. Go watch it.
