‘Supergirl’ Reviews Have Some Writing Off James Gunn’s DCU Already
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- Gaming‘Supergirl’ Reviews Have Some Writing Off James Gunn’s DCU Already By Paul Tassi,
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- To be fair, the DCEU, the preceding web of films, had nearly half of its movies land rotten scores.
Gaming‘Supergirl’ Reviews Have Some Writing Off James Gunn’s DCU Already By Paul Tassi,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow Author Jun 25, 2026, 09:23am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Supergirl Warner Bros.It’s not a great look when just the second-ever film in your burgeoning superhero universe arrives with a poor Rotten Tomatoes score. That’s just happened to Supergirl, which currently has a 57% from almost 150 critics.
Those Supergirl reviews put it well below the 83% of Superman, and it is entering a market where there are exactly three rotten-scored MCU movies out of three dozen or so, Captain America: Brave New World, Eternals and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, if we’re comparing it to DC’s direct rival. To be fair, the DCEU, the preceding web of films, had nearly half of its movies land rotten scores. Though the idea was that the DCU would be better than the past universe, which unceremoniously fizzled out.