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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Dominique Hines

Superman’s huge Rotten Tomatoes score doesn’t match what critics are really saying - what's really going on?

One of the year’s biggest blockbusters has landed. Superman, James Gunn’s relaunch of DC’s flagship hero with David Corenswet in the cape, has finally hit cinemas, promising a hopeful new chapter for superhero movies and for DC Studios itself.

At first glance, things look triumphant: the film is sitting at an impressive 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, a figure that suggests near-universal critical approval and a film worth racing to see on the biggest screen possible.

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