Far from the triumphant return to form DC and Warner Bros hoped for, James Gunn's 'Superman' is a generic, dull, overwritten disaster.

David Corenswet's slightly puppyish Superman radiates a joy in what he's doing, but he’s far from invincible. That lends the film emotional stakes.

Ever since the trailer was released, online debates have raged about whether the new Superman (played by David Corenswet) is too "woke", said Nicholas Barber on the BBC. The superhero is known as the "ultimate all-American Mr Nice Guy" these days, but it hasn't always been this way.