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SummaryAfter losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Directed By:Jeannot Szwarc

Written By:David Odell

Supergirl

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15% Positive
2 Reviews
46% Mixed
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38% Negative
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Washington Post
It is a wonderfully wacko work, sparked with Cook's oomph, Dunaway's cackle and the superstar power of the sensational Slater. What a face! As long as people prevail over effects, Supergirl glitters, she glows. [23 Nov 1984, p.27]
60
Time Out
Most delightful of the Super-series for its good-natured disregard of narrative considerations.
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36% Positive
15 Ratings
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11 Ratings
38% Negative
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May 29, 2020
10
omegahedron
Not perfect, but still an enjoyable concoction of Silver Age comic styling in an early 80s fantasy "girl in another world" story. There's more to redeem this than you would often be led to believe. Embrace the camp and nonsense and you will find a charming and surprisingly stylish tale of a young women discovering what she is capable of.
Oct 22, 2019
10
Mr-Monster
I love this movie (joking). it has one of the best special effects of all time. even better than marvel's amusement park movies (someone is making me to write these things). it's the best, and it deserves more. i don't know why critics do not like this movie. (pls help me...).
50
Miami Herald
Supergirl was directed by Jeannot Szwarc, whose previous big credit was Jaws II. The two films have something in common beyond their status as sequels to successful originals; both have a curiously flat, almost stale feel about them. And both are as disposable as Supertissue. [21 Nov 1984, p.C1]
50
Chicago Sun-Times
The gift of Christopher Reeve, in his best scenes and when the filmmakers allow it, is to play Superman without laughing, to take him seriously so that we can have some innocent escapist fun. Helen Slater has the same gift, but is given even less chance to exercise it in Supergirl, and the result is an unhappy, unfunny, unexciting movie.
30
The A.V. Club
Slater not only makes for a dull Supergirl, but she's stuck in a clumsy, silly film that tries for the light touch of Richard Lester's Superman II and fails decisively.
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Supergirl is made by people who can make a woman fly halfway around the world and can't get a plot to walk around the block. [22 Dec 1984]
25
TV Guide Magazine
Jeannot Szwarc's direction is flat and uninspired, emphasizing the jokey elements without any sense at all for the material.
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Apr 24, 2023
5
alerikanderson
It's poorly made, sure. But it gave me some good fun. The story is dumb, but was adventurous. And the actress was the highlight.
Sep 30, 2022
5
Sindy63
Classic movie that gets a lot of stick but is actually a fun fantasy superhero film of its time. One of the first female led films and along with its campy storyline actually makes this film enjoyable.
Nov 4, 2019
1
Broyax
Une distribution de premier plan pour ce film "Supergirl" même si les vedettes n'y font que cabotiner et se ridiculiser éhontément... et pour la gamelle sans doute ! mais tout de même... il y a des limites à tout. Le film n'est en tout cas rien moins qu'un épouvantable nanar qui cumule bêtise, maladresse et premier degré inexpugnable : impossible donc d'en rire (ou d'en sous-rire, même en soldes). Il faut dire que si la cousine de Superman est une blonde absolument ravissante, elle n'en reste pas moins écervelée, tellement écervelée qu'elle pourrait jouer dans une télé-réalité. Quoi qu'il en soit, elle est venue nous faire un petit coucou imprévu parce que là d'où elle vient, c'est tous des branques cousins consanguins de Régis, Rainman (l'autre super héros) et Forrest, Forrest Gump (encore un super héros). Du coup, il ne faut point s'étonner de ce qu'elle trimballe, la pauvre... mais sur Terre, elle a trouvé d'autres débiles à qui parler : tout s'arrange ! Evidemment, à l'origine, il ne s'agissait pas d'un navet mais bel et bien d'une grosse production... cependant, elle a bien mal vieilli et cette baudruche de film atteint les confins du ridicule très ridicule, les repousse même, toujours plus loin... Pensez à l'inviter à dîner un mercredi, ça pourrait être intéressant.
Nov 29, 2021
0
alexandrea
Easily the worst movie i have ever seen in my entire life. This is what torture feels like.
Sep 2, 2021
0
RetroRestle
I hate to be harsh, but with a bad story, bad special effects, and worst of all, bad acting, this film has nothing to offer for anyone who isn't both a Superman fan and a masochist.
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  • Warner Bros.
Nov 21, 1984
1 h 45 m
PG
The legend begins...
Razzie Awards
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
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