Supergirl is a pure 80s adventure flick with sometimes campy acting and an obscure story, compared to the more talked-about Superman films, which were made around the same time period. However, Supergirl has an interesting plot and is quite the entertaining film and loads of fun. There's also plenty of action and some humor as well.Grade B

This evening I rewatched Supergirl for the first time in years (I saw it in the cinema with my dad when it first came out, and I'd seen it I think once since). Okay, it's cheesy in places. Peter O'Toole hams it up for all he's worth (whilst still managing to look distinctly bored), Simon Ward has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role with a 'what the hell am I doing here' look on his face, and Faye Dunaway was - for me - miscast (although she seemed to be having fun). Some of the effects don't exactly look great, although I can't hold that against it - the film was made over 30 years ago.But Helen Slater was pitch-perfect - and gorgeous - as Supergirl (it's a shame she never got to repeat the role), Hart Bochner was spot-on as the himbo/'dude in distress', David Healy was entertaining as the headmaster, and Peter Cooke (always a favourite of mine) was funny. The Phantom Zone sequences were pretty well done too, and I found the flying effects actually more convincing than those in the Christopher Reeve movies. Overall, it was fun. I'm glad I finally took the time to revisit. And I'm still in love with 1984 Helen Slater. 7.5/10

This happened to be the first superhero movie to star a female. It helped paved the way for more of these movies, none of which are any good. Don't hold your breath for the new "Wonder Woman" movie. This movie features Supergirl, Superman's cousin, coming to Earth in search of a magic orb thing that was lost on her space station, which I don't get. She somehow has her costume appear out of nowhere and gains the ability to change her clothes and appearance. A third of this movie is spent with her going to college and literally none of it amounts to anything at all.There's this villain who finds the magic orb and somehow knows how to use it. She uses a love potion on this one guy who falls in love with Supergirl. The special effects are really bad in this and the story is so shallow as a lot of it is devoted to these two women fighting over this one guy. Yeah, not a good way to start a genre. If anything, I'll give this movie credit for at least trying to be a spin off. It alludes to the Superman movies well, but even that seems forced at times. It wouldn't be until "Creed" and "Rogue One" that we'd get good spin off movies. This is just pointless. *1/2

As IMDb was not at that time, I saw the movie back when it came out and saw it again today. The actor chosen for Supergirl was perfect. This movie has all what a super hero movie should have.Sure the fx is not up to date. The script was not the vest but overall the feeling and experience still remain.I watched the pilot of the Supergirl series and was so let down. I won't waste a minute watching that horrible series again. I notice people have many complains regarding different stuff, however if you watch a movie ahead of internet you have to expect that there is many things that has changed. In the end it is the experience that matters, and Supergirl was ahead of it's time as most people who were interested in super heroes was men and like men playing the part as hero not girls. Don't listen to what anyone says, if you watch a movie do it because you want to see it, most people know within the first 10-20 mins of a movie if it is worth seeing for them.