Agent Kent (film)

Agents Kent is a 2014 American spy film which is inspired by the television series Superman, specifically it's first season, and based on the DC comics character Martha Kent. It is the fourth film in the  DC Shared Universe. T he film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and was directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It stars Melissa Benoist, Tom Hiddleston, Kit Harington, Zac Efron, Ana de Armas, Jesse Metcalfe, Mark Strong, and Bradley Cooper. In Agent Kent, Martha Kent must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Thomas Wayne while trying to navigate life as a single woman in 1950s America.

Agent Kent was released in North America on September 19, 2014. The film was a commercial success, it grossed $437.5 million. The film received critical acclaim, with critics saying focusing on the characters and not DC tie-ins was what made the film a masterpiece.

Cast
Lyndsy Fonseca, Kyle Bonheimer, and Meagen Fay appear as Martha's friend Trisha Contail, DSI Agent Ray Krzeminski, and Martha's landlord Wanda French. Aaron Ashmore reprises his role as Jimmy Olsen from earlier DC Shared Universe installments.
 * Melissa Benoist as Agent Martha Kent
 * Tom Hiddleston as Alfred Pennyworth
 * Kit Harington as Agent David Kingswood
 * Zac Efron as Agent John Kane
 * Ana de Armas as Ally Ruber
 * Jesse Metcalfe as Thomas Wayne
 * Mark Strong as Amadeus Arkham
 * Bradley Cooper as Chief Thomas Brian

Box office
Agent Kent earned $176.2 million in North America and $261.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $437.5 million.

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 7.9/10 based on 268 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Focusing on Martha Kent as a person first and an action hero second makes Agent Kent a winning, stylish drama with bursts of excitement and an undercurrent of cheeky fun". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 40 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."