| Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 26, 2026 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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16
Mixed:
35
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Critic Reviews
Jun 24, 2026
Ultimately, Supergirl is a story of dealing with loss and managing grief. It’s a movie that reminds us to celebrate what we have instead of wasting energy mourning what we’ve lost. Loss is emotional kryptonite we all share, and it’s clear that Supergirl, despite all her incredible power, also feels it.
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ColliderJun 24, 2026
Despite these flaws, Supergirl is a fantastic film and one that solidifies the newly rebooted DCU's strength as a franchise. It also signals that Gunn can be a bit more hands-off with a project without any drop in quality. Supergirl is as effervescent and colorful as Superman, but offers a cosmic twist that sheds away the extra baggage that comes with centering a story on Earth and takes the opportunity to truly develop this new version of the character.
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Jun 24, 2026
Directed by Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya”) and based on the fantastic “Woman of Tomorrow” comic book, “Supergirl” has plenty of action sequences, including one great bit when Kara battles teleporting tech pirates on a space bus. On the whole, however, it’s a much more emotional journey than a superhero movie fan might expect.
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Jun 24, 2026
The movie’s visual sensibility signals Supergirl’s broader success in threading the needle between a kid-friendly, hope-suffused superhero story and bleaker, grittier stuff—and in doing so, recognizing how those aspects of life are often interwoven, rather than diametrically opposed approaches to IP. That’s always been the push-pull of the Supergirl character, equally able to be portrayed as Superman’s gee-whiz kid-sister equivalent and his more jaded, literally alienated reflection. The joy of Supergirl is how it mixes the two without demoting its main gal to a sideshow.
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Screen RantJun 24, 2026
Going into it, I was ready to love Kara and her story. Though the opening party montage is great (giving us the perfect Gross Girl Summer representation), she sort of blended into the dull, brownish gray background by the end – aside from one moment during the movie's climax, which, frankly, I don't know that it earned. Coming out of Supergirl, I didn't feel invigorated the way I did after Superman. I didn't feel like I understood the character enough. I wasn't even sure if she understood herself.
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Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
In its attempt to introduce audiences to Superman’s smart-aleck cousin, this likeable but underwhelming sci-fi adventure only sporadically presents its protagonist in her best light. That said, Milly Alcock certainly has the chops and gravity for the role, and hopefully subsequent pictures will make better use of her stirring spirit.
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Jun 24, 2026
When the film leans into the anarchic spirit of its hero, its sins are easily forgivable. The origin story flashback is well done. The needledrops are groan-inducing (Irving Berlin? Really?!), but they still made me smile. A slow-motion battle, something we’ve seen so many times before, is given new life because of its eyeroll-worthy musical accompaniment. If the fight sequences were lit better, we might have had a winner on our hands.
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Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
Alcock is outstanding in portraying all of this — the nihilistic party girl with a tortured past, the tough-love mentor, the confused cousin of the Man of Steel. But the direction is messy, and the fight scenes, of which there are plenty, are shot way too dark, making it hard to know what’s going on, and hindered by remarkably poor computer graphics. A couple of scenes in particular look like they aren’t quite done yet. It all adds up to a promising portrayal diluted by sloppy storytelling.
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Jun 26, 2026
The TelegraphJun 24, 2026
Craig Gillespie, who previously directed Cruella and I, Tonya, does contrive one or two dynamic CG brawls. And his flashbacks to Krypton and Earth – obligatory franchise infill that they are – provide a bit of welcome variation. The rest, though, is a chore: like watching an endless orangey-grey rehash of scenes from Mad Max and Star Wars.
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LooperJun 24, 2026
Milly Alcock is a great Supergirl, and it's a shame her take on the character — and the inspired idea to reimagine her as a Western drifter — isn't served by this underwhelming solo vehicle. It's the first sign that James Gunn's DC Universe will be every bit as ill-conceived as Zack Snyder's.
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