Brightburn

Name: Brightburn
Director: David Yarovesky
Released: 2019

Synopsis

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

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The Playlist
The film is a gem, especially for anyone yearning for a superhero film that gleefully torches the familiar “good versus evil” formula and introduces far more sinister sensibilities.
71
IGN
Brightburn doesn't take its satire to any kind of satisfying extreme – although a mid-credits stinger does include a larger joke at work – but as a superhero murder thriller, it is perfectly entertaining.
60
The Guardian
It’s a film that’s good enough that you want it to be better, a rare genre example of less not proving to be more.
58
IndieWire
The film’s bent towards revisionist superhero history is certainly compelling, but stuck in the confines of the horror genre, it flames out far more than it flies.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
While not exactly original, the premise is certainly effective enough. But Brightburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevate it from the realm of the crudely effective B-movie.
50
Consequence
It’s a nasty piece of work, and one that at the very least stands as an active interruption of the escapist, family-friendly superhero fare currently dominating the industry.
42
The A.V. Club
Throwing in some gnarly gore—and Brightburn indulges a couple of truly gruesome flinches—doesn’t change the plodding inevitability with which Brandon goes super-evil.
40
Variety
A watchable but super-silly mix of superheroics and evil-child horror that mashes together singularly uninspired ideas from both.