Supergirl
Director: Craig Gillespie
Writer: Ana Nogueira
Based on: Jerry Siegel‘s and Joe Shuster‘s comics chararcter
Sequel to/Spin-Off from: Superman
Cast: Milly Alcock, Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, David Corenswet, Diarmaid Murtagh, David Krumholtz, Jason Momoa, Emily Beecham
Part of: DC movies
Seen on: 27.6.2026

Plot:
Kara (Milly Alcock) has one plan for her life, that is get to a solar system where she can get drunk and stay drunk for as long as she can. Her constant companion in that endeavor is her dog Krypto. But her routine is destroyed when Ruthye (Eve Ridley) comes across her. Ruthye is looking for help to hunt down the killers of her family, led by Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts), but she only finds people trying to take the reward she promises from her. When Kara intervenes, Ruthye latches on to her. And then Krypto is hurt, and Kara finds herself needing to find Krem just as much as Ruthye.

Supergirl was definitely a fun film with nice character work, although maybe a little too much of a paint by numbers-plot to be really good. But I had a very good time with it and the Supergirl version it gives us.

I don’t necessarily like movies that are all about intoxicated protagonists, be they sad drug stories, or (apparently) fun ones. I just don’t think addiction is all that funny. So, with Kara giving it all she’s got to become an alcoholic, and maybe already there, this is not the best starting place for a comedy for me. I have to admit though, that the film pulls it off pretty nicely.

Some of this has to do with the fact that we very rarely get this kind of messy „hero against their will“ plots about women. A lot more of it has to do with Millie Alcock who simply does a great job. Also, saving your dog is one hell of a motivation to pull yourself together, so it was easier to buy into her transformation (that is not all too easy or quick anyway). And Kara and Ruthye, wonderfully portrayed by Eve Ridley, have excellent chemistry (not the sexual kind, thank you very much).

Apart from Krypto being completely CGI, the film’s plot is probably its weakest point as it hinges a lot on coincidence and narrative convenience to end up where it ends up. But honestly, I didn’t expect any more from it and was happy enough with what I got. One or the other action scene could have been a little shorter, sure, but that is more than made up for by the fact that the villains here are so obviously modeled on manosphere alpha dudes that they are just the best opponent for a character named Supergirl.

Still, this is no feminist masterpiece, despite a few nods and remarks here and there (to start with, there would have to be more women behind the camera as well to make a meaningful statement). But it is entertaining and made time pass quickly. I enjoyed it.

Summarizing: good entertainment.