Variety critic Owen Gleiberman reviewed the new superhero film Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock. Despite impressive action sequences, the dystopian movie is numbingly flat, he writes—its entire plot driven by two simple goals: defeat a villain and save a dog. For all its spectacle, the film lacks narrative substance.

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