I have loved this movie ever since I first laid eyes on it and have always thought it was far far better then Superman III & IV. Helen Slater was perfect as Supergirl (I had a major crush on her), Faye Dunaway was campy as the evil witch Selena and Peter Cook was rather amusing as her boyfriend Nigel.

I first saw this movie in it's director's cut form when it aired on UK TV as a Premiere in the late 80's (yes, the director's cut "was shown" in the UK, regardless of what fans may have read on various websites. The only version shown after that was the "International Version" as it is known in the US which was missing various scenes from the director's cut but still had more footage in it then the cut-down US version. Jerry Goldsmith's score, while not as classic as John Williams Superman is still a great music score and I have never met anyone who did not name the main title music as either Superman or Supergirl to this day.

The reason this movie flopped at the Box-Office in the US was mainly because of poor-marketing, cuts to the US version by it's second distributor Tri-Star (Warner Bros. originally were to release this movie), certain slackers from the company kept leaking the movie to pirates in the US and other countries before it was even released so they decided to sell the movie to Tri-Star who ruined any chance this movie had of being a US hit in 1984 due to their disastrous decisions involving everything to do with Supergirl... Warner Bros. didn't drop it because it was a bad movie for all of you "think you know everything!" people out there!. It's a shame because this is clearly the only reason this movie never had any sequels made.

"The movie actually did very well overseas" which isn't a huge surprise to me at all because Supergirl had actual decent marketing there, they also got a different "superior" cut of the movie which was released in countries outside of the US, this being the "international version" which is now available in the US via both a separate DVD and a 2-disc DVD set which also includes the even longer "director's cut".

This movie is a fun, enjoyable movie that does not deserve the reputation it has received over the years, the DVD is also one of the best releases I know of, giving the movie the justice it deserved unlike the poor handing of Superman II by Warner Bros., "Anchoy Bay are one of the best DVD handlers out there for Special Editions!"

7/10

It could be because I was six the first time I saw it and had a crush on the girl that played supergirl for a long time thereafter, but I enjoy the movie. The special effects are horribly dated compared to what we have become use to in movies, and the acting is not much better. Unless you really like the superman movies, or are under the age of six, the movie would probably be utterly boring. The only good thing that I can say about the movie is that I like it, but I don't know why.

This is one of the great movies of the 80's in MY collection that I think about all the time.

Supergirl is an excellent film that in My opinion is one the greatest of all time. The film stars Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter Cook, Simon Ward, Marc McClure, Hart Bochner, Maureen Teefy, and David Healy. The acting by all of these actors is really great. Slater was just perfect for the role of Supergirl. I couldn't believe how much I liked her in this film. She is just so beautiful and her acting is just great. Dunaway was excellent, and O'Toole was good as always. Vaccaro was good and funny. McClure is the same as he was in the Superman films which is good. The action is great and some of it is really cool and the special effects is great. The movie is filmed really good. The music is so powerful and extraordinary by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. In My opinion this is just not one of his all-time greatest scores, its just not of the greatest scores but one of the greatest pieces of music of all time! Excellent directing by Jeannot Szwarc! The film is so exciting, wonderful, lovely, and the film keeps you watching until the very last end credit! This is such a great and wonderful film. If you like Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Marc McClure, the rest of the cast in the film, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comic Book Feature Films, and interesting films then I strongly recommend that you do what I did and buy this astonishing film today!

Movie Nuttball's NOTE:

The following is in My opinions. What the heck is wrong with this film? Why the bad and negative comments? Why the extremely low rating of only 4.3/10 stars? I really have no clue. As I said before in My opinion this is one the greatest films and its just as strong as the Superman films. What makes the Supergirl film as mighty is because of the great actress who played Supergirl and Jerry Goldsmith's epic score. I think its really a shame that this film is misunderstood and to think that there could have been Supergirl sequels which I would of loved!