Ms. Marvel

The whole thing is full of charm (love the graffiti that animates as Kamala and her ever-active imagination walk past), wit, warmth, brio and truth. It’s just – yes, I’m afraid I’m going to – it’s just Marvel-ous.

At the end of the day, she’s still Kamala. More casual lovers of the MCU will undoubtedly love the miniseries for Iman Vellani’s performance and the ambiance that the the production team clearly worked very hard to create. Ms. Marvel may even push more people to dive into the comics that got us here in the first place.

Between Vellani’s compelling performance and the visual flair of Adil & Bilall, Ms. Marvel is frankly just a lot of fun, if only because it’s been a harsh and glum few years, and it’s a joy to watch a young hero take such pleasure in her newfound abilities.

The combination of this young star, production team, and creative elements is exactly what the premiere episode declares: Cosmic.

Brazenly gorges on the Marvel fandom hype but which even this old fogey can see totally works as a TV show (although do note that I’m not a Marvel-comic reader. Purists may dislike its deviations from the source).

Marvel TV’s first South Asian Muslim superhero expands its universe in this bold yet lighthearted series.

Through the first two episodes, Ms. Marvel is a fun examination of the usual coming-of-age issues couched in Kamala’s idea that being a superhero is so much less complicated than actual life.

For now, Ms Marvel is a delight, full of the exuberance of youth and electric with possibility. Let’s hope the inevitable challenges Kamala will have to face – both as a teenager and a superhero – don’t turn this joyful romp into just another dreary action trudge.

The MCU framework is a rigid one, but within it, Ms. Marvel, with its evil-eye pendants, Zamzam soda, and gaggle of gossiping aunties, is infectious. ... Not every MCU narrative needs to be about saving the world. Growing into yourself is a worthy story too, and so far Ms. Marvel is giving Kamala Khan the space she needs to do just that.

In letting Kamala’s story shine on its own terms, Ms. Marvel offers us the very thing she herself never found in all her fangirling: the uplifting vision of a brown girl from Jersey City who saves the world.

Luminous newcomer Vellani transcends this brand synergy. She makes Khan a warm, funny, awkward, brilliantly relatable heroine. ... It’s heartening to see Marvel put its might behind this much-needed representation. Even if it’s a cynical move to keep expanding the MCU fandom, at least this charming series welcomes everyone in.

The series makes her specific corner of the world feel fleshed out before too long. And as played with infectious charm by Vellani in her first TV role, Kamala is a believably starry-eyed teenager whose bursting creativity and imagination spill over onto the screen — often literally.

Frothy and fun, Ms Marvel’s opening act is relatively lightweight, but for both adults and its teen target audience, it’s a compelling and unique addition to the MCU.

Ms. Marvel brings a pop of vibrant teen energy to a fresh and zippy new Disney Plus series perfect for Marvel nerds and new viewers alike

While arguably a little lightweight in nature (though, hey, it’s only two episodes so far), “Ms. Marvel” is more just enjoyably small-scale, human, and full of persuasive allure that should melt the heart of the greatest cynic or troll who feels to put up a bad review of something they haven’t even seen.

Feeling closer to Disney Channel's niche than most Marvel fare, "Ms. Marvel" unleashes a teenage superhero in a show as much about coming-of-age challenges than superheroic ones. Fortunately, that teen, Kamala Khan, is played by the utterly charming Iman Vellani, in what comes across like the junior edition of a comic-book-inspired series for Disney+.

Iman Vellani, making her screen debut, is delightful in the lead role, helped along by a very capable supporting cast of veterans and newcomers. ... That specific challenge, how to encapsulate a Muslim community that itself encompasses so much diversity of expression, wasn’t an easy task, but it’s where the show most excels. ... “Ms. Marvel” has an intriguing mystery at its center, bolstered by an appealing protagonist.

This is an instantly captivating, high-energy, relatively light and humorous series with first-rate production values and one of the more likable casts in any series of any genre so far this year.

There’s plenty to praise here but also just enough to twitch a few fingers in preparation for a Hulk Smash.

Bisha K. Ali and the other writers have crafted a compelling, smart, funny, and poignant coming-of-age story, and found a terrific young star to embody it in Iman Vellani. ... But, then, a lot of the super material feels less inspired than the more personal material.

While there are elements of the show’s visual kinetics that call to mind The Green Hornet and Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Ms Marvel is clearly targeted at a younger audience than any of Marvel’s extant properties. ... Older viewers will likely struggle to get much out of the very teenage stakes of the show (failing a driving test, taking a dodgeball to the face, sneaking out after dark) and the tone is far lighter than in Stranger Things, the other “children saving the world” show of the present moment.