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Supergirl

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Supergirl (1984)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:2

Rotten:22

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: The effects are cheesy and Supergirl's wide-eyed, cheery heroine simply isn't interesting to watch for an hour and a half.

Runtime: 4 hrs 22 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: A young woman searching for an orb of immense power travels to Earth, and there instantly acquires super abilities. Standing in her way is an evil and powerful sorceress, who has captured the orb... A young woman searching for an orb of immense power travels to Earth, and there instantly acquires super abilities. Standing in her way is an evil and powerful sorceress, who has captured the orb in order to supercharge her black magic. [More]

Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Peter Cook

Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Peter Cook, Mia Farrow, Marc McClure, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter O'Toole

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Screenwriter: David Odell
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Reviews for Supergirl

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Most delightful of the Super-series for its good-natured disregard of narrative considerations.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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No review available.

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10/04/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Cornball camp classic.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/30/01
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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11/08/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

No review available.

comment Comment
07/15/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

This is one comic-book feature that doesn't fly.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/17/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

Why even go to the trouble of making a movie that feels like it's laughing at itself?

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

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09/16/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The plain fact is that director Jeannot Szwarc turns in a movie so ludicrous and overblown that it skips right over any semblance of logic and into a self-absorbed flight of fancy.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/26/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The Girl of Steel deserves a better movie, and a better actress to play her. Slater is very cute and looks good in the tights, but is far too wooden. Plot is utterly ridiculous.

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

Boils down to a sexist catfight between two fairly powerful women for the affections of a fashionably unshaven landscaper.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The tagline -- "Her first great adventure." -- is wrong in at least three ways.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/10/06
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Slater's adorable, but the movie is an ungainly mess

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08/04/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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12/01/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

Still something appealing about it. It’s “so bad it’s good”, if you will. That could be the fittingly cast Helen Slater as Supergirl and her alter-ego Linda Lee, it could be the fun escapist fare of a film such as this or it could be the fact that it’s t

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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06/10/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

Miss Slater makes a four-square heroine of unrelenting sincerity; a sturdy ingenue, she is great fun to look at but hardly a live wire.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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No review available.

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Super-vacuous.

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01/30/05
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ
 
 
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