Supergirl
Directed by Craig Gillespie · Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, Matthias Schoenaerts
Action / Sci-Fi · 2026-06-26
“Milly Alcock is dragging a flat superhero movie across the finish line by herself, and you can see the strain.”
The second film in James Gunn's rebooted DCU sends Kara Zor-El on a dystopian, Mad Max flavored revenge quest, and the headline is unanimous: Milly Alcock is terrific. She gives Kara real pathos and a razor edge, doing the emotional heavy lifting that the script and direction keep declining to help with. When the most consistent praise for a tentpole is the lead is rescuing it, you already know the shape of the problem.
Around her, the film is stuck in second gear. Critics landed it divided, roughly 54 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with Variety swinging hard enough to call it so flat it is super-horrendous while gentler outlets shrugged it through. The story plays generic, the Mad Max tonal pivot is more costume than character, and a reported 63 million opening says audiences felt the lukewarm too. Jason Momoa's Lobo and the set design earn their keep, but they are garnish.
This is the DCU's growing pains in one ticket. You can feel a great Supergirl in here, fighting to get out from under a middle-of-the-road movie that does not deserve her. Alcock's Superman cameo got people excited, and then the feature handed her a flat script and a smoke machine. Give this woman a better film and a director who matches her, fast.
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Milly Alcock's performance, full of pathos and edge, a genuine star turn.
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Jason Momoa's Lobo, having visible fun in the chaos.
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Strong visual and set design selling the gritty Mad Max tone.
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A bold, darker tonal swing for a character usually played sunny.
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A generic, bland story that wastes its premise.
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Writing and direction that fall well short of the lead performance.
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A Mad Max pivot that is more aesthetic than substance.
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Another wobbly step in the DCU's visible growing pains.
Viewers who will happily watch a magnetic lead carry a flawed blockbuster, and DCU diehards tracking every new piece of Gunn's universe.
Anyone who needs the whole film to match the star, and superhero fans already worn down by middle-of-the-road tentpoles.
You sold the world on Alcock's scene-stealing Superman cameo and a gritty Mad Max reinvention. The cameo cashed the check the movie could not, and the grit turned out to be mostly a color grade.
Your website, CV, or whatever you made. I'll roast that too.
A full teardown from €2,99. No mercy.