Spacey absolutely owns every single one of his scenes as Luthor, and while he clearly has a ton of fun chewing the scenery as the iconic DC villain, he does it with far more reverence for the source material than Jesse Eisenberg’s recent take.
He’s primarily remembered for the meme-worthy screaming of the word “WRONG!” but there’s so much more to his performance than that.
However, the one aspect of the film that has always deserved credit is Kevin Spacey’s take on Kal-El’s chrome-domed arch nemesis, Lex Luthor.
Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years, as more and more people have come to respect its status as a love letter to the Richard Donner era of Superman films.