Much better than it's getting credit for

Rating: 8/10 (8 March 2019)

This movie was a lot better than the reviews have been giving it credit for. It might not end up being the most memorable movie in the scheme of things, but it was a LOT of fun and Brie Larson is really satisfyingly badass. In a lot of ways, with its tone, a plot twist or two, and the concurrent flashback storyline, it didn't feel like a Marvel movie in that very specific paint-by-numbers way that these movies can go. In addition to being set in the 90s, it reminded me a lot of a movie I would've seen in the 90s - with its buddy cop tone, cheesy but heartwarming inspirational lines, and the after-school special messages of fairness and friendship - all on that gargantuan Marvel budget.
Think Top Gun meets Memento meets Robocop meets... space Buffy?
Also, if you actually SAW the movie, please go rate it on Rotten Tomatoes because the audience score there is being intentionally tanked by anti-feminist trolls who largely didn't see the movie.