

Cavill’s performance as Superman earned mixed reviews, with some critics commenting on perceived stiffness and a lack of charisma. Audience polls in North America from CinemaScore for the film tallied an average grade of an “A–” on an A+ to F scale, with those under the age of 18 and older than 50 giving it an “A”. The site’s consensus reads, “Man of Steel’s exhilarating action and spectacle can’t fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory.” On Metacritic, the film received a weighted score of 55 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.


On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 332 reviews, with an average rating of 6.23/10.
