Supergirl (2026) Review: Damn Near Perfect Character Study in Comic Book Movie Form
8.5/10. THE MOVIE: Supergirl is phenomenal. Not because it has an awe inspiring larger than life epicness to it, it is phenomenal because it is centered around its characters full stop. This is not a traditionally plotted movie; the plot is not the point. As in yes Krypto gets shot with poison, yes, they go and track down the bad guys, and yes, they win. That’s not the point that’s not just the fuel in the engine. It is a portrait of a young woman in trauma who is inherently good, but who is so hurt that she can’t stand to do good. She refuses calls for revenge not because she doesn’t care about justice, but because she feels insignificant to change things, because she doesn’t want to look at it, looking at it makes her care. This idea of not looking to avoid feeling is incredibly human, in a time of genocides, of government overreach. It’s overwhelming, its crippling to look at it. So as humans a lot of us choose not to look, to not acknowledge. Not because we are bad people, because ...