Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44559 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-05-07
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 138 minutes

Customer Reviews

very entertaining with GREAT extras
There's a lot to like about Supergirl with it's cheesy fun and great cast. I love Helen Slater's charming performance a Supergirl and this is a fantastic DVD set with superb extras. Take this movie for what it is (fun escapism) and enjoy all the great stuff Anchor Bay has included. It's a blast!

The Cheesiest Superhero Movie Ever Made!
"Supergirl" is produced by the same Salkind folks who made the four Superman movies. But they must have run out of budget for this one. The end product is a really cheesy take on the Maid of Might, Kara Zor-El, the original Supergirl. In fact, it's so cheesy that watching this DVD is pure nostalgic fun. I'm a child of the cheesy 1980s anyway!

The flying effects here are not as good as those in the Superman movies but then who needs effects. Helen Slater as Supergirl/Linda Lee is the best special effect in this movie. Additional points should be given in that this movie is set in the Superman movie continuity - we get to meet Lucy Lane (Lois' sister) and Jimmy Olsen. A newsreader on a car radio informs us that Superman is off-planet at this time, thus explaning his rather glaring absence in this movie.

The story centers on Kara's childish mistake in Argo City that supposedly doomed the city unless she can make amends by coming to earth to retrieve something called the Omegahedron (or something like that!). Unfortunately this Omega-thingy is now in the hands of two ugly aunties (Faye Dunaway is one of them) who lusts after this young man (can't even remember his name). This young man is also in love with Supergirl. Then the auntie (Faye) decides to bring about the end of the world. And yes, Peter O'Toole also appears (although I still can't see the purpose of his character in the film). In short, a really beautiful Supergirl fights two aunties over a young man and Peter O'Toole makes an appearance. That's it.

Get it today and have a cheesy good time!

fun flick with a great cast
supergirl is an endearing comic book adventure with super actors who play it up for all it's worth. you can't beat peter o'toole, faye dunaway, helen slater, peter cook, mia farrow, brenda viccarro (she's got great chemistry with faye dunaway), and even simon ward who i hadn't seen since the hammer horror days pops up as supergirl's dad. plus jimmy olsen from the superman movies is here too and jerry goldsmith provides the music. there are a lot of fun and kooky moments in this one that i completley enjoyed, the image of the film is beautiful, there are two dvds with different versions, and the extras are a treat and there's a lot of them. the behind the scenes look at the movie is cool. plus there's a booklet. all dvd sets should be put together this well.