Wonder Woman is finally getting her big-screen closeup.
“Wonder Woman” and the week’s other new movies.
‘Wonder Woman’
It took nearly 76 years, but Wonder Woman is finally getting her bigscreen closeup.
After getting featured billing in last year’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the princess of the Amazons has her origin story told in “Wonder Woman.”
Gal Gadot is Diana, a principled daughter of the ruler of an island sheltered from the world’s evils, but trained to be a warrior to conquer them. When an American pilot (Chris Pine) crashes into her world, telling her of the War to End All Wars and the menace determined to prolong it, she vows to do her part.
Unlike the comic books, which began during World War II, this Wonder Woman enters the fray during World War I, battling a slightly different (though still German militarist) enemy in an age when mechanized warfare means destruction and death on a much bigger scale.
The cast also includes Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen and Ewen Bremner.
The early reviews are mostly raves, with a number of critics calling “Wonder Woman” the best DC superhero movie yet (aside from the Christopher Reeve/Christopher Nolan movies).
“It’s a female superhero film — which is revolutionary enough by itself — but it’s also a genuinely surprising film that plays with genre and throws out the now very tired superhero movie formula,” USA TODAY’s Kelly Lawler wrote in her 31⁄2-star review. “It’s an action film, a romantic comedy and a coming-ofage story and a period piece and a war movie all in one. Above all, it’s a hopeful story about humanity.”
“Wonder Woman” is rated PG-13 for violence and some suggestive content. It runs for 141 minutes.