Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a biography documentary from BAFTA award-nominated Ian Bonhôte.

Ian Bonhôte is a Siwsh producer and director; this is the first film I've seen from him. The choice of when to use voice-overs versus when to show the speaker seemed off sometimes to show a marble and crystalized Superman statue. The flow of the film was great though in how it built up to his injury and eventual death.

There are a lot of behind-the-scenes videos of Christopher Reeve that I wasn't even born to see. I was almost 8 when the horse accident happened and so it was interesting to see this from the light of it happening as if it was right now. I was totally unaware how Robin Williams and Jeff Daniels were friends with him and it only made Robin's loss more hurtful.

His children really sold the idea of him as a father with Matthew, Will, and Alexandra who now run the paralyzed foundation. I was unaware of how their entire family was now involved even now having both parents having passed.

The film made me tear up. Result: A-

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