SUPERGIRL

(director: Craig Gillespie; screenwriter: Ana Nogueira, Jerry Siegal, Joel Schuster; cinematographer: Rob Hardy; editors: Fred Raskin, Tatiana S. Riegel; music: Claudia Sarne; cast: Milly Alcock (Supergirl/Kara Zor-El), Eve Ridley (Ruthye), Mattias Schoenaerts (Krem), David Corenswet (Superman), Diaarmaid Murtagh (Drom Baxton), Keeley Forsyth (Healer), Jason Momoa (Lobo), David Krumholtz (Zor-El), Emily Beecham (Alura Zor-El, mother), Ferdinand Kingsley (Elias, father); Runtime: 108; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producers: James Gunn, Peter Safran; Warner Bros.; 2026)

“Watchable super-hero film.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
 
Aussie filmmaker Craig Gillespie (“The Finest Hours”/”Lars and The Real Girl”) directs this watchable super-hero film. Gillespie and co-writers Ana Nogueira, Jerry Siegal, and Joel Schuster adapt it from the comic mini-series “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” (2021-2022) and do a decent job keeping the story clear by not going off the rails with sub-plots.

The alien teenage girl Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley, British) recruits Supergirl (Milly Alcock, Aussie) to help her get the evil human sex trafficker space pirate Krem (Mattias Schoenaerts) for killing her father (Ferdinand Kingsley), mother (Emily Piggford), and brother (Bruce Lennox). Supergirl refuses to help until she learns Krem stole her pet dog Krypto and poisoned the dog. She then goes after Krem to get the antidote he keeps in the locket worn around his neck before it will be too late after three days.

The cigar smoking, energetic, biker bounty hunter Lobo (Jason Momoa) is also on Krem’s trail.

Supergirl’s cousin Superman (David Corenswet) makes a cameo.

Milly Alcock is very good playing the tortured-soul heroine, pumping herself up to do her job when depressed. The film, however, is not good. If you like this genre, it might be just entertaining enough to be passable.

REVIEWED ON 6/27/2026  GRADE: B-
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