Supergirl review: a decent film let down by a disappointing box office

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Pour one out for Supergirl , the latest installment in the DCU's Gods and Monsters chapter, which has been beset by online troll attacks, mixed reviews, and a very disappointing opening weekend box office—not the outcome Warner Bros. was hoping for with this follow-up to last year's Superman . It's actually a pretty good movie, as such films go, but it's not a great movie. And in today's over-saturated superhero market, that's just not sufficient to get people out of their homes and into theaters, rather than waiting for the film to come to streaming platforms.

(Some spoilers below but no major reveals.)

The studio tapped Ana Nogueira to write the script, a holdover from the former DCEU plans for a standalone Supergirl film. (The character appeared in the finale of 2022's The Flash , played by Sasha Calle.) The project was reimagined when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over and launched the "soft reboot" DCU. Director Craig Gillespie ( Lars and the Real Girl, I Tonya ) signed on to direct.

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