In our current supersaturated era of action-packed but quickly-forgotten comic book movies, it is refreshing to encounter one that effectively captures both the epic scale and wide-eyed earnestness of the D.C. Comics franchise not seen since Christopher Reeve’s iconic portrait of Superman in 1978. In what is certain to be a star-making role, Gal Gadot is near perfection, combining stunning beauty, brains and endearing humor as the superhero intent on ending WWI after rescuing downed U.S. military pilot Chris Pine near her home island of Amazon women warriors. The story, while a bit long and overloaded with the now requisite mind numbingly spectacular CGI effects, is a cleverly written, emotion-infused labor of love from director Patty Jenkins about the power of love. B+
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