Camp value of seeing Faye Dunaway chew the scenery as the demented villain aside, this movie is pretty godawful. The story of Superman's cousin, who must get to Earth to find her planet's energy source, is well know to comic book afficianados. As the titular character, Helen Slater has some appeal but certainly not enough to carry a big budgeted film. The plot has supergirl trying to stop loony "witch" Dunaway trying for total world domination. There are cameos from the likes of Mia Farrow & Peter O'Toole and Brenda Vaccaro and Peter Cook appear in more substantial roles. Hopefully they, along with Dunaway, were paid well for debasing themselves in this needless money grab of a film. Directed, blandly, by Jeannot Szwarc.
Review of Supergirl
