cin_kong I remember being very excited seeing the trailers for this. I wasn't able to see it it in theatres then, but I still wanted to watch it one day.I didn't know too much about who was in the movie or what the plot was either, except that Helen Slater was Supergirl.Faye Dunaway makes a dastardly villain.Really enjoyed the movie.

gavin6942 After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.This film has a fairly low rating, and it could be argued that it deserves this. After all, it is sort of silly. The acting is hit and miss, and unless I was not paying attention, it was not really explained how Supergirl magically gets a costume as soon as she hits earth...But this is a fun film, and that makes up for any shortcoming, because it is actually enjoyable to watch. I really loved the special effects. Today people would call them "cheap", but I actually prefer them over the computer-generated rubbish we too often get from the blockbusters. Helen Slater may never have become an A-lister, but she will always be known for this gem.

Eric Stevenson This happened to be the first superhero movie to star a female. It helped paved the way for more of these movies, none of which are any good. Don't hold your breath for the new "Wonder Woman" movie. This movie features Supergirl, Superman's cousin, coming to Earth in search of a magic orb thing that was lost on her space station, which I don't get. She somehow has her costume appear out of nowhere and gains the ability to change her clothes and appearance. A third of this movie is spent with her going to college and literally none of it amounts to anything at all.There's this villain who finds the magic orb and somehow knows how to use it. She uses a love potion on this one guy who falls in love with Supergirl. The special effects are really bad in this and the story is so shallow as a lot of it is devoted to these two women fighting over this one guy. Yeah, not a good way to start a genre. If anything, I'll give this movie credit for at least trying to be a spin off. It alludes to the Superman movies well, but even that seems forced at times. It wouldn't be until "Creed" and "Rogue One" that we'd get good spin off movies. This is just pointless. *1/2

Eddie Cantillo Supergirl(1984) Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Hart Bochner, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccro, Marc McClure, Peter Cook, and Mia Frewer Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc Review From out of another galaxy and into your hearts comes... Supergirl I'm going to be reviewing one superhero movie a month and well for this month(even though I wanted this one to be later) I got Supergirl. After Superman IV: The Quest for peace the name Superman became a product for money and no genuinely cared about making a superhero movie anymore. However they decided to change it up a bit instead of it being Superman again they decide to use his cousin Kara/Supergirl. After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch. This movie fracking sucks. By the look of this movie, you can tell that no one gave a crap about the source material which is very sad because I hate every single female hero in the DC except the three known as Supergirl, Starfire, and Zatana. Supergirl being my favorite. The producers said lets throw in a love story, let's make the villain an evil female who's jealous and wants to be pretty, manipulative and have everyone be her slave. We can't have Supergirl save the planet, or do something noble it has to be a giant cat fight, that's what happens when old straight white men write stories about strong young women. They just want to be pretty, the music is very bland and almost like not their and doesn't engage me in the film. Which I find to be very odd because I put the disc in and I hear the John Williams Superman theme in the main menu so I'm thinking maybe this movie might be a little engaging but no it isn't. The effects are terrible as well because they just look so much better in other 80 films. I'm giving this film a one out of five.