The charm is there, as well as Reeve's dedication, but the execution is not.

| Jun 21, 2023

It appears to have been filmed for a buck fifty.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 13, 2023

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is the single worst Superman film of all time--a disgrace to the franchise, its creators, and most of all, the audience's intelligence.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | May 9, 2023

…it’s strange seeing such an iconic cast reduced to phoning it in for a pay-check…

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 12, 2022

In the end, while it can be said that Christopher Reeve made four Superman movies, only the first two are worth watching.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 9, 2022

The simplest and briefest of the bunch, running more than half-an-hour less than its predecessors - which is actually a suitable modification.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jan 2, 2022

The dramatic scenes don't play well, and the action sequences are treated like set pieces, dropped in every now and then when the mood strikes.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 16, 2021

"Superman IV: The Quest for Peace," a confused and cheap-looking movie that evidently was butchered in the editing room, would be better titled "Superman Farce: The Search for a Quick Buck."

| Jul 9, 2020

In his fourth and feeblest movie appearance in just under a decade, the man of steel in blue underwear becomes a peacenik.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 6, 2019

As bad as Superman 3 is, Superman 4 is even worse.

| Apr 13, 2019

Subtitled The Quest for Peace, this Superman sequel should have been called the The Quest for a Plot.

| Dec 9, 2017

Terrible '80s sequel has violence, nuclear weapons.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 12, 2016

The impoverishment here is not merely of means, but of spirit.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 5, 2014

The overall effect is of a story atomized and dying before our eyes, collapsing into smashed pulp, ground down into big-budget Kryptonite ash.

| May 5, 2014

Of course, Superman saves the world, but the real news is that there's still some life in the series.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 5, 2014

Fortunately, the regular Superman performers all do their jobs well.

| May 5, 2014

Superman IV is cinematic kryptonite. Not only could it kill the Superman series, it might also leave filmgoers feeling weak.

| May 5, 2014

Tthe enthusiastic hamming can't hide the clunking direction by Sidney J Furie and the sub-standard special effects.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2014

It's hard to escape the conclusion that all the originality and excitement have been drained from the series.

| May 5, 2014

It`s hard to summon much wonder when Superman goes mano-a-mano with Nuclear Man, a Lex Luthor creation with a static electricity problem.

| May 5, 2014