At least for a while, “Wonder Woman 1984” carries that groundbreaking realization with a lightness that was the first movie’s secret all along. As the title suggests, “WW84” takes place in the 1980s, when the dress-for-success rules included commuter tennis shoes and linebacker-worthy shoulder pads. “WW84” opens with a glorious set piece on the Amazonian island Themyscira, where a young Diana (Lilly Aspell) is participating in a contest of endurance, skill and physical derring-do. And things get even more goofy when Diana meets a nerdy colleague named Barbara Minerva, played with self-deprecating earnestness by Kristen Wiig. The “Wonder Woman” movies have the benefit of a fabulous central character and just the right actress to play her.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2020 14:03 UTC