Supergirl reviews put Milly Alcock at the center of a reboot that gives Krypto only a cameo. Deadline says the CGI dog opens and closes the film, but he no longer drives the action the way he did in Superman. That shift leaves this version to stand on Kara Zor-El, not the dog.
Milly Alcock and Krypto
“Milly Alcock is the titular star of Supergirl, but the main attraction and secret sauce as far as I am concerned is a CGI dog named Krypto.” Deadline’s review uses that line to frame the film’s appeal and its limitation at the same time. Krypto appears at the very beginning and very end, which means the character functions more like a bookend than a co-lead.
That matters because the review says Krypto was a big part of making last year’s Superman so much fun, yet Supergirl reduces him to a mere cameo. For viewers coming in on the franchise’s appeal, that is the clearest handoff in the movie: this one wants its own identity, even if the dog remains the most familiar hook.
Ruthye and Krem
13-year-old Ruthye, played by Eve Ridley, enters after Krem murders her parents. Matthias Schoenaerts plays Krem, and Ruthye seeks Kara Zor-El to help her exact revenge for the killings. The setup pushes the film into a dark origin story set mostly in outer space, with Ana Nogueria’s script holding back the full cape-and-powers reveal for a long stretch.
The review says the movie borrows from True Grit, Star Wars, Hellraiser, and Mad Max, and that it opens nicely before losing momentum. It also says there are some good moments and sharp dialogue in places, but the film feels like it takes forever before the hero dons her cape and demonstrates her full powers.
David Corenswet returns
David Corenswet appears in a couple of scenes as Superman. One is a flashback to meeting his cousin Kara Zor-El and the puppy named Krypto; the other comes at the end, when he returns to Earth. “The dog steals both of those scenes, with Corenswet a close second, showing off the infectious charm he brings to the franchise, something this dark “origin” film mostly set in outer space could use a lot more of itself.”
That ending keeps the door open for the broader DC setup without turning Supergirl into a pure bridge episode. The sharper question for the film is not whether Krypto returns, but how much screen time and narrative weight Supergirl gives him compared with Kara Zor-El, Ruthye, and the rest of the story.
