Middlingly to quite good, with most of its distinction - and this is far from nothing - coming from its centring of a female superhero, the shading-in it does to highlight that her personal quest includes fighting to overcome patriarchy (some of it quite clever, e.g. the hackneyed injunction from more experienced mentor to talented tyro to 'keep your emotions under control' plays differently when delivered by a somewhat condescending man to a woman), and the avoidance of at least one pitfall by not having a romantic interest for her. Brie Larson is fine, but not as (figuratively) incandescent as she's sometimes been before (most notably in Short Term 12).
(w/ R @ IMAX, 3d)
(w/ R @ IMAX, 3d)
