Director Jessie Auritt
Rated CTC
Score 4/6

Naomi seems like a typical 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl; watching her lift almost three times her body-weight tells a different story.

I really don’t know that much about the sport of Power-lifting except to say the one time that I saw a competition at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics was probably one of the best live sporting events that I have been to. So, I suppose that was part of the reason why I wanted to review this.

I am not overly familiar with director Jessie Auritt’s work though it should be noted that Supergirl is her second directorial credit and her debut feature film, so I suppose it’s perfectly understandable that most people might not be that familiar with Auritt’s work. Even though Supergirl might not be the most thought provoking documentary, I would certainly have to give Auritt a bonus point for choosing such unique subject for a documentary in the form of Naomi Kutin.
Supergirl is a watchable documentary and you can’t help but admire the Kutin family for finding that they can bond over like powerlifting. I suppose in the end Supergirl is the kind of movie that might inspire you to get into the gym and possibly evaluate what you were doing at Naomi’s age.