Brightburn
critic Reviews
, 58% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Although Brightburn doesn't fully deliver on the pitch-black promise of its setup, it's still enough to offer a diverting subversion of the superhero genre.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
This is an interesting idea that I wish they had done more with.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
Despite its simplicity, Brightburn's premise is filled with potential, but it struggles to find anything meaningful to say.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
The conceit works brilliantly until, in the closing 20 minutes, it clatters disappointingly into a fatal uncertainty.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
As an antihero with an oedipal complex, neither Brandon nor Dunn is sufficiently creepy or conflicted to launch a new franchise.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
This is primarily a character study, about that thin line between heroism and horror.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
Because the film that this broadside of brass describes is ultimately, seriously, "Duuuumb!"
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmma WolfeSpookyAstronauts
This is not like any film I've seen before which I really liked. It had a great mix of... this weird new superhero sci-fi thing we're going through and then just brutal horror.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCharles KoplinskiReel Talk with Chuck and Pam
While the story creates an interesting question of connection and adoption, it fails to be anything more than a set up for a sequel.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLucy BuglassLucy Goes to Hollywood
Jackson A. Dunn is undoubtedly the star of the show here, and a young actor that I'm incredibly impressed with.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
Much of the credit for the ways in which the film does succeed goes to the sublimely cast Jackson A. Dunn.
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