This 1984 big-budget flop stars Helen Slater as Kara, a bored teenager living in the crystalline city of Argo, who ventures out on a mission to planet Earth to save her people. She's the best thing (in red and blue leotards) in this misguided superhero movie-as-fairy-tale, which pits Kara against a witch (Faye Dunaway). Hart Bochner is the hunky gardener who falls in love with her (thanks to a magical mishap), Marc McClure reprises his role as Jimmy Olsen from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, and Peter Cook, Peter O’Toole, and Mia Farrow costar. Director Jeannot Szwarc has no sense of wonder, little sense of humor (although sardonic sidekick Brenda Vaccaro brings out the self-parodying ham in Dunaway), and none of the technical chops needed to pull off a special-effects spectacle. Supergirl is simply silly and sloppy, and would be of interest only to completists. Featuring both the 125-minute international version and a bonus DVD with the 139-minute director's cut, extras include audio commentary by Szwarc and special project consultant Scott Michael Bosco, and a vintage "making-of" featurette. Not a necessary purchase. (S. Axmaker)
Supergirl
Warner, 125 min., not rated, Blu-ray/DVD Combo: $21.99 Volume 33, Issue 6
Supergirl
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