Superman's Rotten Tomatoes score beats Man of Steel. Scroll to see how high Gunn's reboot is flying in critics’ eyes!

Superman currently sits at 82 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and has a 68 on Metacritic (“Generally Favorable, Based on 54 Critic Reviews”). These are respectable scores, but by no means extraordinary; the Rotten Tomatoes score has ticked down as the embargo has lifted and more non-influencer critics have had a chance to see it.

The Superman origin story is practically a modern myth at this point. He rockets in from Krypton, lands in Kansas, and is the face of hope since 1938.

When the video of his birth parents makes him wonder whether his destiny is evil, it takes only a trip to his adoptive parents, Martha (Neva Howell) and John (Pruitt Taylor Vince), in Kansas, to set his mind at ease with a moral lesson of trivializing simplicity.

James Gunn's DCU movie reboot takes a strong and solid step, and while there are some complaints, it looks to be a solid experience.

David Corenswet takes flight as the Man of Steel in the director James Gunn's "Superman."

For those who like their Man of Steel classically drawn, James Gunn's film will probably seem too irreverent and messy. But for anyone who found Zack Snyder's take painfully ponderous, this "Superman,