[TV]
MS. MARVEL
Clockwise from main: Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms.
Marvel; With Matthew Lintz as pal Bruno; Help for (super) heroes;
Meet the parents.
★★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+)
EPISODES VIEWED 3 OF 6
CREATOR Bisha K. Ali
CAST Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur
PLOT High-schooler Kamala Khan’s (Vellani) life is simple — playing video games, passing her driving test, obsessing over superheroes and crushing on cute boys. But her ordinary teenage existence is changed by a mysterious bangle which unlocks her own set of superpowers.
IN THE FIRST few minutes of Ms. Marvel, as unique animated scribbles flood the screen, imaginatively conveying the inner thoughts and feelings of Kamala Khan (an immediately charming Iman Vellani), you’ll realise something: this has all the trappings of early- 2000s-era teen TV. After some rather more grown-up entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe of late, the latest small-screen MCU offering arrives like a colourful sledgehammer, functioning more as a fun and dreamy teenage comedy, wrapped up in a superhero spectacular.