Gadot remains a winning and winsome figure in “Wonder Woman 1984,” and she retains her authentic connection with the audience...

Gal Gadot handles the fight choreography well...

...there’s a purity to Jenkins’ picture that might have felt naïve five years ago, but now feels not only most welcome but necessary.

...the essential conflict is so clear and compelling.

There’s an acrobatic fluidity to her action choreography that’s joyous to watch, a sense of weightlessness as she propels herself through the air. Superman might fly, but Wonder Woman soars.

...Gal Gadot’s collection of carefully choreographed runny-spinny-slidey moves are as immediately identifiable as a classic 80s dance routine.

...Gadot has a queenly self-possession and she imposes her authority on it.

...at its best when Gadot and Pine are together -- and not (just) because they're both disarmingly gorgeous, but because their chemistry and their connection are what drives the story forward.