The Marvels

Funny, well paced and with decent action — if you want to watch a Marvel movie this is a pretty great one.

I’m not sure you need to have done the homework to enjoy this but it’s definitely a continuation of several Marvel projects including the first Captain Marvel movie along with WandaVision and the Ms. Marvel Disney Plus shows. You can skip the Nick Fury show.

Iman Vellani remains incredibly charming and she lights up the proceedings with kid enthusiasm. The bits of drama here work fine but this is a comedy and either you enjoy Marvel comedy or you don’t.

The flick wrings fun out of Ms Marvel’s family and Sam Jackson always has a good time playing Nick Fury. 

I’m pretty amazed that the villain plan is just the plot from Spaceballs and this has a solid answer to The Trolley Problem.

I do wish there had been more time for Brie Larsen’s Captain Marvel and Teyonah Paris’ Spectrum but you get a pretty cool Superhero sleepover out of the thing and a visit to one fun alien world.

And while I may have wanted a bit more the slight run time is a pretty solid advantage. Tell a few jokes, fight a few supervillains, get in, get out and wrap it up. 

It’s not a biopic of an important man or an investigation into the heart of American darkness. It’s a superhero romp. If that’s the kind of thing you are looking for you will find it here.