SUPERMAN Reportedly Described As A "Mess" By Multiple Critics Before Social Embargo Lifts TONIGHT

SUPERMAN Reportedly Described As A "Mess" By Multiple Critics Before Social Embargo Lifts TONIGHT

According to a new report, at least three noteworthy critics considered Superman a "mess," leading to confusion among fans with just hours to go before the social media embargo is lifted. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Jul 07, 2025 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman

The social media embargo for Superman lifts tonight at 9pm PT and 12am ET. That means we're just hours away from finding out what critics think about the movie, following leaked reviews that have deemed it either a "triumph" or the "final nail in superhero cinema's coffin."

Your mileage may vary when it comes to the typically glowing X verdicts. However, they're bound to clear up some of the potential misconceptions about what filmmaker James Gunn and Warner Bros. Discovery executives will be hoping is a much-needed fresh start for the DC brand. 

Uproxx's Mike Ryan recently said he "couldn't disagree more" with the negative Daily Beast review, a post that was liked by critics from Awards Radar, Collider, The Wrap, and Rolling Stone. 

However, John Rocha—who was first to break the news about The Punisher and Hulk being in Spider-Man: Brand New Day—has weighed in with what he's heard, and it paints another unfortunately negative picture.

"I do think we are going to get mixed reviews. And I'll tell you this right now because I heard from three critics over the weekend who watched that clip I did of Jeff and I discussing whether critics are becoming influencers. By that I mean, critics who are in critics groups becoming influencers for Superman and questioning whether that is where the trend is now because these people have money to make."

"Three separate critics reached out to me and told me that they did not like the movie. [They are] three critics that I am friends with and that I respect and whose opinions I value. They're people I trust, not YouTubers. These are people who are legitimate critics. They told me that the movie is a mess."

Who knows what to believe at this point?

However, with full reviews set to be published at 12pm PT/3pm ET tomorrow, it won't be long until we finally learn what critics think about the Man of Tomorrow's big screen return. Stay tuned for a roundup of those, and what's sure to be an interesting Rotten Tomatoes score reveal...

Superman, DC Studios' first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures.

In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind.  

The movie stars David Corenswet in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

Also appearing are Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, María Gabriela de Faría, Wendell Pierce, Alan Tudyk, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, and Milly Alcock.

Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025.

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Pictilli
Pictilli - 7/7/2025, 12:08 PM
If critics didn't like it on account of its:

- tone
- casting
- colors
- characters

Then their opinion is irrelevant to me.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 7/7/2025, 12:10 PM
@Pictilli - you talk as if you have seen it 🤠
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/7/2025, 12:11 PM
@Pictilli - 100%!
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 7/7/2025, 12:13 PM
@Pictilli - What can you expect from wilding? he sold his soul to disney for better or worse
Baf
Baf - 7/7/2025, 12:16 PM
@Pictilli - “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”
– Benjamin Franklin
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 7/7/2025, 12:33 PM
@Pictilli - So you've seen the film?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/7/2025, 12:41 PM
@Pictilli - Superman Is the rigth color....whats wrong whit this people? ..ITS the same people that praised Brave NEW World
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/7/2025, 2:46 PM
@Pictilli - any review rotten tomatoes score critics review should irrelevant to everyone if reviews made movies successful transformers one be getting sequel and everyone on this site will should be liking avatar movies .,

People need reviews rotten tomatoes score critics permission see what movies they should see are mice/ kids reviews , critics rotten tomatoes are pure pipers / adults tell them what to do ?si=hard7F_yKv_FVRZL

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radamo3
radamo3 - 7/7/2025, 12:08 PM
Wilding sucks. That is all.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/7/2025, 12:09 PM
Dont worry bobetwats and @vectorsigma!

Superman will be ok, a few criticts i know reached out to me and told me to tell you both this 😌
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/7/2025, 12:13 PM
@JurassicClunge - you dont need to tell us.

This will be like Ne Zha 2.

Jokes galore but with heart at the core.

A beautiful mess
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/7/2025, 12:25 PM
@vectorsigma - i still need to watch that movie 😬

But I honestly feel superman will be alright with the critics!
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/7/2025, 12:09 PM
Let's be clear: The past trailers for this film are a template of what we can expect to see.

If you liked the trailers, you'll likely like the movie.

If you didn't like the trailers, you'll likely not like the movie.

If you liked TMNT III, you'll likely like this movie.

If you like The Dark Knight, you'll likely promote the immediate termination of James Gunn.

🪙🪙
Matador
Matador - 7/7/2025, 12:20 PM
@KennKathleen - What TMNT III was terrible on the same level of The Dark Knight Rises!
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/7/2025, 12:27 PM
@Matador - no. TDKR is not that bad. It's GoTG2 bad, but not TMNT³ bad.
Matador
Matador - 7/7/2025, 12:34 PM
@KennKathleen - Touche' but TMNT 2 by no means was great just memorable in the over sillness factor compared to the 1st one.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/7/2025, 1:39 PM
@Matador - I'd say TMNT 2 is on the same level as TMNT 3.
TMNT 3 was better developed, TMNT 2 had better creature work (but Brian Henson's kid-friendly TMNT were nowhere near the same league as Jim Henson's masterful work on the first movie).
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/7/2025, 2:49 PM
@KennKathleen - don’t forget this worst turtles movie turtles go school with humans be accepted humans , splinter with glasses , afro want companion mate what turtle universe does that happen in never in comics never in cartoons except in that movie ?si=KlGGnzrhjXQRrTxZ
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/7/2025, 2:50 PM
@KennKathleen - I’ll take turtles three over turtle mutant mayhem any day
PapaBear562
PapaBear562 - 7/7/2025, 12:10 PM
Things are not looking good for this film. Even Gunn seems to be on an apology tour too. Just sayin,
Canyoublush
Canyoublush - 7/7/2025, 1:19 PM
@PapaBear562 - haha so true. Licking his wounds already. 😆😆🤣🤣
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/7/2025, 2:51 PM
@PapaBear562 - people care about reviews critics that much all people should be demanded like avatar movies without question transformers one be getting sequel
Ryan
Ryan - 7/7/2025, 12:10 PM
AJR "Yes, I'm a mess with an S on my chest"
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/7/2025, 12:11 PM
Always some motherf***ers trying to ice skate uphill and ruin the simple enjoyment of a character that's beloved since so many's childhood. We're just looking for a magical time in the theater with Superman. Especially to escape our own realities in this troubled world.
Forthas
Forthas - 7/7/2025, 12:11 PM
I think Josh Wilding should enter the witness protection program. The horde is on its way!
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 7/7/2025, 12:11 PM
hes going to be sidelined in his own film you watch
Canyoublush
Canyoublush - 7/7/2025, 1:21 PM
@AllsNotGood - I’ve been saying this since the first teaser trailer. The biggest mistake they made was cramming a superman origin story (first chapter in a new reboot) with the genesis of the DCU. Gunn has also stated that Superman is the world’s first public superhero but metahumans have existed for 300 years in this world. There’s so many contradictions here.
HermansHIV
HermansHIV - 7/7/2025, 12:12 PM
Rocha and snieder are AIDS
Baf
Baf - 7/7/2025, 12:12 PM
“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/7/2025, 12:13 PM
"If you know and study people....a lot of you may not be as incisive in studying the human condition. I've spent my entire life since I was a teenager reading books on pyschology. I like to think I'm a little more aware of what people are saying and what you can read in between the lines with certain things people do or say."

John Rocha on people not understanding why James Gunn is bad lol
HermansHIV
HermansHIV - 7/7/2025, 12:14 PM
@McMurdo - ah you watch Christian Harloff. The opening of the show on the Rey movie Harlof goes at him about Gunn hard

https://www.youtube.com/live/bPjwIcsHBKo?si=MZg6HEieUm76t6HE
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/7/2025, 12:29 PM
@HermansHIV - oh I'm aware. My comment there is the same quote I posted above lol. I actually linked this video to @JoshWilding earlier too because Harloff is 1000% on point here and Rocha sounds like a maniac.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/7/2025, 12:34 PM
@McMurdo - sorry bruh all those things he said were fair. I don't even know who this guy is but the host seemed like a Gunn apologist and when asked what Gunn has done that was right he didn't really have an answer😅
spr0cks
spr0cks - 7/7/2025, 12:52 PM
@HermansHIV -
Is that the same Harloff who's (STILL) famous for throwing a colicky baby-tantrum because he didn't get invited by Disney to a Star Wars celebration that one time?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/7/2025, 1:44 PM
@spr0cks - you mean from 2015?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/7/2025, 1:45 PM
@JurassicClunge - Harloff has been criticizing the humor in the trailers and is not a Gunn apologist in the slightest. Quite the opposite. And I'm genuinely surprised you thought Rocha's take here was sound lol. Peep the youtube comments for some really enjoyable humor.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/7/2025, 2:02 PM
@McMurdo - from what I saw the other dude said he has no problem with the direction just an issue with what Gunn as a PR person and thinks hes dropped the ball. The host seemed to want to challenge that like Gunn needed to be praised on all fronts and then asked what has he seen that gives him so much faith in the universe he didn't really have an answer 😅 he just talked about how he liked the job Gunn is doing yet DC are yet to realease anything but CC
McMurdo
McMurdo - 7/7/2025, 2:49 PM
@JurassicClunge - ah see so you don't watch Rocha then. Ironically, they are on stream together right now and Rocha got into a feud on Twitter for his "hate boner" for Gunn and the whole beginning of THIS episode is once again about this topic lol. He's notoriously shat on Gunn for months now. He's Jeff Sneiders co host. I can understand how you would be confused as to why Harloff is calling him on this if you haven't been following the context.
spr0cks
spr0cks - 7/7/2025, 3:26 PM
@McMurdo - Which means,.....what, exactly?

That because it was in 2015, therefore it didn't happen?
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 7/7/2025, 3:36 PM
@McMurdo - that's probably the reason lol. I have no idea who these guys are. Taking the clip at face value he doesn't seem so bad but if theres history i can't argue with that sir!
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