Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a 2024 documentary film directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui about Christopher Reeve's life following his horse riding accident that left him paralyzed and becoming an activist for disability rights.

A British-American venture, the film is a co-production by Words+Pictures, Passion Pictures and Misfits Entertainment in association with Jenco Films, and was acquired for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO, CNN Films, and the streaming service Max. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story premiered on January 19, 2024, at the Sundance Film Festival, and is scheduled to be screened with a United States limited theatrical release in association with Fathom Events only on September 21 and 22, 2024.

Release
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story held its world premiere at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City, United States for the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024, with a post-screening Q&A session with the film's directors and Reeve's children. The following month, DC Comics owner Warner Bros. Discovery acquired the documentary for $15 million, and worked with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran and its corporate siblings Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO, CNN Films, and Max to do so. At the April 2024 CinemaCon, Safran announced that the documentary would be theatrically released in September 2024. The following month, it was announced that the documentary would be screened in a limited release only on September 21 and 22, 2024, in collaboration with Fathom Events, although a wider expansion is possible. The release will be followed by an encore presentation on what would be Reeve's 72nd birthday, September 25, 2024.

Reception
On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 from 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Screen Daily film critic Amber Wilkinson wrote, "The life and work of Superman star Christopher Reeve is framed and largely recounted by his family and friends in Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui's increasingly moving documentary." Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com described it as "Easily my big festival cry, something that moves you so deeply that the combination of sleep deprivation, altitude, and the movie's subject makes it almost impossible not to get emotional."