Title – Supergirl (2026)
Director – Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl)
Cast – Milly Alcock, Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Momoa, David Corenswet
Plot – Supergirl (Alock) finds herself partnered with recently orphaned youngster Rutheye (Ridley) as the mismatched duo set about enacting revenge on those that have wronged them.
“You know, we haven’t been formally introduced”
Review by Eddie on 05/08/2026
A disastrously bad critical and commercial disaster that has cast whole new fears over the continued viability of the DC cinematic universe currently overseen by the once on top of the world James Gunn, Supergirl is both a deplorable comic book movie and an unlikeable and lifeless film in general, making one wonder little as too why it failed to take flight over the past few months.
Enlisting the directional prowess of the usually reliable Craig Gillespie, a filmmaker with significant wins in his CV thanks to the likes of Lars and the Real Girl, I, Tonya and Dumb Money, off the back of the fun and enjoyable Superman from last year there was reason to hope that Supergirl wasn’t going to suffer the same fate as many of its recent DC counterparts but sadly that hope is diminished very early on in the piece with a film that lacks any sense of purpose, heart or creativity.
Reported to have cost close to $200 million to produce, Supergirl had all the bells and whistles at its fingertips to give it the blockbuster buzz, but this greenscreen laden assault on the senses, that tries desperately to enliven its generic and uninteresting happenings with Gunns’s trademark Guardians of the Galaxy off-beat humour and deft emotional undertones, is an utterly uninteresting exercise in nothingness, with Gillespie and his team floundering like fish out of water in a barren landscape of CGI sludge.
Centred around a barely basic plot that focuses on Milly Alcock’s rebellious Kara/Supergirl begrudgingly partnering up with Eve Ridley’s recently orphaned Rutheye for a bout of revenge against Matthias Schoenaerts big baddie Krem (a candidate for the year’s most forgettable adversary), Supergirl struggles to find a reason to even exist as a solo outing, hedging all its hopes on a procession of computer game like set-pieces that are often backed by an intrusively distracting soundtrack of hit songs that seem to be designed to distract the audience from the fact the film has little in the way of plot or character revelations.
Throwing in some Superman scenes that at least show some signs of hope for the future with David Corenswet and Alcock sharing an easy-going on-screen chemistry and some Jason Momoa Lobo interactions that are supposed to get the comic book diehards clambering for more of the character on the big screen, there’s some attempts that Supergirl makes to prove its worth but it’s all too little and all too late for a film that lacks a clear identity or soul, leaving its lead performer in the lurch.
And if there’s anyone to feel sorry for here its Alcock.
With the young Australian actress recently finding herself well on her way to big-time success thanks to her memorable turn in Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, it felt like Supergirl might be the defining moment for her career to take off into the stratosphere but lumped with a poor script, a careless film and little support from her fellow performers, the dream of Supergirl has turned into a nightmare for the up and coming star who may do well to jump ship from the sinking DC Titanic before it brings her down with it.
All that’s wrong with the soulless slop that Hollywood can churn out of its blockbuster production line, Supergirl has very little super moments, making it one of the year’s most easily avoidable failures and marking out another line in the sand moment for DC and Warner Brothers who are in desperate need of a cinematic win before it’s too late.
Final Say –
Unfortunately for all, Supergirl is bereft of anything of note with this trite and careless offering deserving of its atrocious reception that has sealed its fate as an unmitigated disaster with zero room for a miraculous rising from the grave.
1 poisonous dart out of 5
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 
Ouch. I think I’m the only person on earth, maybe the entire solar system, that enjoyed this one quite a bit. My kids did too but they’re starter kits to be as easily entertained as I am. The plot was thin, the fight scenes seemed unfinished, and no one was likable or deserved much empathy, but it was kind of mindless fun.
I am glad you enjoyed mate, I am sure you’re not alone! I struggled with this badly, it didn’t help that I watched it on the back of The Odyssey and Brand New Day ha, two blockbusters that actually seemed to care. I am not sure I see much hope for the DC brand in the current form moving forward.
E
Agree. My entire family went to see Brand New Day yesterday and it was a hit for all of us, and on the way home I was complaining about the DC movies not being nearly as good. Unfortunate, since I’m a bigger DC fan with their lineup. Even the best Batman movies that are so popular don’t set with me because that’s not the Batman I grew up with (think Adam West).
On a side note, my brother is several years older than I am and when he got “too old” for comic books back in the day I took his and added to the collection. By the mid 80’s I had a stack hip high, 3 deep, and probably 5 across. 99% of them in mint condition dating back to the early 50’s when he was very young.
Then in the late 80’s as I was preparing to move out from my parent’s house, I returned one day to find my closet empty. My mom had tossed all of them directly into the garbage truck, along with my action figures and the 12 original, unopened, Star Wars figures. With me moving out she wanted to “get rid of the clutter and knows I won’t take all those dumb children’s books and toys”.
Oh mate, that story needs a trigger warning attached to it, that’s an absolute true life horror story haha. My condolences!
I have heard of many stories like this that break the heart, it’s darkly funny how many parents think a lot of their children’s things are rubbish and just assume they are worthy of being tossed out or given away for free.
E
Supergirl was an Ok superhero movie at best really. A great shame as Milly Alcock really gave it her all, but sadly the tone and storyline all felt totally off. I think the biggest failing of Supergirl was probably that all its marketing portrayed it as a Guardians of The Galaxy style / toned adventure, and of course it was nothing like that at all. Hopefully Man of Tomorrow will finally give us the portrayal of Supergirl that’s worth of the character.