The one in which a down-and-out Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) transforms into Mark Zuckerberg opens with a scene of slapstick mayhem in Metropolis, a prelude to the sprawling mess of loosely held together plots that follow: Superman attends his high school reunion in Smallville; reacquaints with old flame, Lana Lang; is exposed to synthetic kryptonite laced with cigarette tar; drinks irresponsibly; splits into a good and bad version of himself (the bad being a lecherous Superman with bigger hair and more mascara); and battles a supercomputer...and even though Lois Lane departs early and Lex Luther is nowhere to be seen, and despite its unprecedented levels of campiness, in 1982 this third Christopher Reeve Superman movie was everything this then-seven-year-old Superman fan could have hoped for!
★★★★☆
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