Published 3 days ago • loading... • Updated 13 hours ago

Supergirl review: Milly Alcock rises above an underpowered and underwhelming superhero flick

House of the Dragon alumna Milly Alcock made her debut as the "Maid of Steel" in a brief cameo at the end of last year’s Superman reboot, drunkenly reclaiming her caped superdog, Krypto, before staggering off stage right.Coming across like a mardy millennial instead of a distaff version of her do-gooding cousin, Kara Zor-El is still in a booze-fuelled stupor and mooching about with Krypto on alien planets when we catch up with her in this underp…

9 Articles

Forbes

Center

‘Supergirl’ Review: A Heroine Rendered Powerless By Scriptonite

Supergirl is a big test for the DCU, and it fails miserably, hamstringing its lead with bad directing and a worse script.

13 hours ago·United States

Read Full Article

Vulture

Lean Left

Supergirl’s Biggest Weakness? It’s a Bad Adaptation

‘Supergirl’s’ biggest weakness? It’s a bad adaptation. In the big-screen adaptation of DC Comics’ ‘Woman of Tomorrow’ series, emotion never seems to dictate big decisions. Things just happen.

1 day ago·United States

Read Full Article

CBC News

Lean Left

Supergirl does everything that a superhero story can do wrong

Written by first-time screenwriter Ana Nogueira and directed by action-newbie Craig Gillespie, it is frankly a shock how directionless this follow-up to the DCU's 2025 eclectically energetic Superman is.

2 days ago·Canada

Read Full Article

World

Right

More grit than glory

Supergirl trades Superman's optimism for a rougher, more reluctant heroine in a space-western inspired by True Grit. WORLD's Collin Garbarino weighs the reboot's strengths—and its limits.

2 days ago·Asheville, United States

Read Full Article

Eldiario.es

Lean Left

‘Supergirl’, a Tired Reminder that Superhero Cinema Is Completely Finished

Milly Alcock debuts as a vigilante in the continuation of a new DC Universe that, despite having started with the magnificent 'Superman', shows the exhaustion of the formula. 'Obsession', the latest horror hit, does almost nothing new, but does almost everything well. James Gunn's plan went far beyond rebooting the DC Universe after Zack Snyder's excesses and the endless succession of disastrous productions that horrified critics and audiences a…

2 days ago·Spain

Read Full Article

People's World

Left

‘Supergirl’ review: A surprisingly dark film

Editor’s note: This review contains plot spoilers. The first Supergirl film in 42 years bears the heavy burden of being the second film in James Gunn’s new DC comics movie universe, led by Milly Alcock as the titular superheroine. The movie, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, is based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, a 2021-2022 miniseries by writer Tom King and artist Bilquis Evely. Tom King, it should be noted, was a coun…

2 days ago·New York, United States

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year