Supergirl has always been a product of tokenism—a character designed to give girls what boys already have rather than an original creation like Wonder Woman.
Unsurprisingly, then, Supergirl, the character’s first big-screen outing since 1984’s feature, is merely a formulaic stab at adding diversity to the new DC Universe. In some ways, it’s superior to last year’s franchise-starter Superman, but its lack of originality or grandeur renders it a less-than-super spin-off.
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