It’s a tall order that ends up partially filled.Īs with most MCU offerings, the problem is in the plotting. Their film tries to move beyond the haunting existentialism of good and evil to consider less glamorous, but still urgent themes of interplanetary dependence and sisterhood. DaCosta, Elissa Karasik and Megan McDonnell (who cowrote The Marvels’ screenplay) shape a more complex story with the geopolitical and familial building blocks of Captain Marvel. Flashbacks in the first half hour provide a broad framework, but it’s worth revisiting the disjointed predecessor - in which Danvers vowed to end the genocidal war between the Kree and Skrulls - for firmer footing. The Marvels picks up where Captain Marvel left off. Screenwriters: Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik DaCosta’s kinetic direction and intimate storytelling style lets audiences see this trio - whose lives collide in unexpected ways - from new and entertaining vantage points.Ĭast: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Seo-Jun Park Brie Larson reprises her role as Carol Danvers, the amnesiac pilot from the 2019 blockbuster Captain Marvel Teyonah Parris is Monica Rambeau, whom viewers saw in WandaVision and relative newcomer Iman Vellani is Kamala Khan, the star of the Disney+ series Ms. The conventional film pulsates with a quiet force propelled by the sincere bond between its three protagonists. Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels is a grounding contribution to a gluttonous and increasingly perplexing Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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