Supergirl Movie Review: Great Source Material Got WASTED!!!
Supergirl finally has a full review from Grace Randolph at Beyond The Trailer, and it’s about as frank as you’d expect from someone who’s been raising red flags about this film for months. Grace went in wanting to love it, which honestly makes the verdict land a little harder.
Watch the full breakdown in the video below:
Source: Beyond The Trailer
The Source Material Got Left Behind
Grace’s biggest frustration is that the Tom King comic run that inspired this film is genuinely great, and the movie doesn’t use it the way it should.
- Grace said the movie throws its great source material in the trash for a watered-down version of Guardians of the Galaxy, The Marvels, and Mad Max all rolled into one.
- That assessment tracks with what critics across the board are pointing to, noting the film positions itself as punk rock and countercultural while Kara drifts from one arid planet to the next getting into fights, when really it’s just recycling familiar genre beats without the emotional weight that made the comic so distinctive.
Milly Alcock Is Not the Problem
Grace has been consistent on this point since the trailers, and the actual film doesn’t change her position.
- Alcock’s Supergirl is witty, hard-partying, and genuinely delightful, even when the film around her never truly cuts loose or gives her the material she deserves.
- The most consistent knock across reviews is that the script and overall story simply don’t match the strength of Alcock’s performance, resulting in a superhero film with plenty of good individual moments that struggles to cohere into something memorable.
- Grace’s read is that Alcock has the star power to carry a franchise and deserves a better vehicle than this one gave her.
What the DCU Needs to Fix Before Man of Tomorrow
The deeper concern Grace raises isn’t really about this film, it’s about what it signals going forward.
- Screenwriter Ana Nogueira is already attached to two more upcoming DCU projects, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman, which means the script problems flagged here could carry forward into films that haven’t been made yet.
- Director Craig Gillespie clearly knows his way around a punchline and has a strong track record, but directing a superhero film here he only delivered diet James Gunn, with jokes and needle-drops that largely fizzle out and a film that lacks one of the DCU’s best signatures: a scene-stealing supporting cast.
- Grace’s hope is that Alcock’s future in the DCU gets the creative foundation it clearly needs before Man of Tomorrow arrives in 2027.
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