Bright

Bright feels like an ambitious experiment with a noble subtext, which could easily have been made with entirely human characters. Perhaps then it might have felt less laboured and contrived.

Bright uses barely developed magical elements to tell a barely developed story about racism and prejudice in America. On both fronts, it fails.

Perhaps expecting Bright to ask pertinent questions or think beyond its "Orc is the New Black" conceit was too much. As such, the limited world-building is just window-dressing for a basic survive-the-night thriller that putters along on toxic fumes

... the movie delivers a unique if imperfect two-hour distraction.

Unfortunately, the results are laughable.

Bright is basically a tired buddy-cop movie dressed up in bizarre trappings.

Bright is certainly an attractive prospect given the talent involved, but Ayer's aggressive and ultramasculine perspective feels tired and, perhaps, outdated.

Bright is dedicated to using promising ideas in the least imaginative ways possible.

It has a great premise, but execution is extraordinarily clumsy. It is far from the worst film of the year as many have said, but it isn't a magnificent, enlightened, and socially conscious piece of cinema it pretends to be either.

There is much left to be desired here.