Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Not so super
Matthew Brady - wrote on 11/08/2026
Supergirl is ‘The Incredible Hulk’ of the new DC.
I'm disappointed, but there were elements here that showed potential. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad movie, but we expected better. I would consider this a minor misfire, but that doesn’t mean the new DC is already doomed, since this is only the second entry. I hope they learn from past mistakes and avoid making drastic changes at the last minute, which can create a new timeline mess.
The problem is how safe and generic it is. Overall, the film is fine, and there’s nothing here that’s god-awful. But that’s the worst thing. Just fine is boring.
The action scenes were forgettable, and the main villain looks like a henchman to the real baddie, but no, he is the main villain. Speaking of which, the actor who played the …
Rating of
2.5/4
Super-Meh
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/04/2026
Supergirl doesn't deserve all the hate it's been getting, but neither does it deliver much of a punch. It's a perfectly fine superhero film - Milly Alcock (Supergirl) and Jason Momoa (as Lobo) are the standouts but they are let down by an incredibly weak villain (Matthias Schoenaerts) and a derivative story (revenge - how quaint) and temu James Gunn in Craig Gillespie who really tries to capture that essence but continually falls flat.
The main crux of the story is that space pirate Krem (Schoenaerts) who looks like Pinhead if someone found a really good hammer murders the family of master swordsmakers leaving young Ruthye (Eve Ridley) to vow revenge. She happens to find a bar where Kara/Supergirl is on another bender but manages to save her. The next day Ruthye tracks her down - but …
