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May 24, 2019 · 57% 208 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 2,500+ Verified Ratings Audience Score After a difficult struggle with fertility, Tori Breyer's dreams of motherhood come true with the arrival of a mysterious...
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May 24, 2019 · Reviews. Brightburn. Simon Abrams May 24, 2019. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Brightburn" is a body-count-style horror movie, only featuring a killer Superma—I mean young Clark Ke—I mean pre-teen alien who closely resembles a certain super-duper-hero who can't seem to catch a break in recent films.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews. Brightburn doesn’t take off powerfully like Superman, but it’s still able to fly for a bit. Good performances,...
Brightburn answers the age old question of what if superman wasn't the hero. This sci-fi horror really is terrific with its ideas. Although it doesn't sound like the most original idea, brightburn really is a breath of fresh air to the genre and I really enjoyed it.
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By Witney Seibold
Updated: Apr 21, 2020 7:11 am
Posted: May 22, 2019 1:00 pm
Brightburn, a Tales from the-Crypt-inflected satire of the Superman myth from producer James Gunn, posits a deliciously wicked “what if” scenario asking what Superman would look like if he was born without a conscience. In Superman comics, an economically struggling Kansas couple, the Kents, in the midst of longing for a child, find a crashed alien spacecraft on their property. Inside is a human-looking infant of extraterrestrial origin that they immediately adopt, hiding the spaceship from the world. The child seems like a blessing, but, by early adolescence, will prove to possess the powers of flight, invulnerability, super strength, and destructive eye beams. Because the Kents are so relentlessly decent, the child, named Clark, becomes a costumed warrior for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
In director David Yarovesky's Brightburn, an economically struggling Kansas couple, the Breyers, in the midst of longing for a child, [Cut and paste the above premise]. Even though the Breyers are passably decent, the child, named Brandon, is a bad egg from the start, and begins using his powers to hurt, maim, and kill anyone who slights him.
Young Brandon (Jackson A. Dunn) is no put-upon hayseed or smiling Boy Scout like Clark Kent. Brandon is a creepy manipulator who draws violent pictures and dreams of smiting his enemies with his horrible hidden wrath. Although he can present well, he is clearly driven by hate and violence. Brandon's poor parents (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) have two parallel issues to deal with: 1. Their son may be an incurable sociopath, and 2. Their son is definitely a superpowered alien god.
Brightburn is no dark commentary about the way power corrupts, however. Since Brandon is pretty much a villain from the word jump, Brightburn plays like a slasher movie wherein we get to see – in gut-churning R-rated detail – an evil 12-year-old boy commit series of increasingly callous murders, and a pair of flustered parents ill-equipped to talk to him about his murderous instincts.
Casting Superboy as the monster is a slasher movie is quite a fun idea, and screenwriters Matt and Brian Gunn managed to make an effective and welcome low-budget horror thriller that may provide some sardonic relief after the frenzy of earnestness that was Man of Steel. If you thought Zack Snyder was dark...
The Kansas of 1938, as seen in Superman comics, was ravaged by the Depression and nearly destroyed by a series of droughts, but Kal-El managed to emerge from that destitute place as a symbol of hope in a dark time. Smallville was a halcyon heartland full of tenacity and survival.
The Kansas of 2019, as seen in Brightburn, is just as economically ravaged, and the Breyers' farm seems to have been emptied out long ago, but this is a hazy Kansas without hope. From here, no Superman will emerge. Only destruction and death and selfishness will emerge from the gray and ugly landscape. Director Yarovesky doesn't hammer on the socioeconomic commentary – indeed, it's only communicated through subtle photographic choices and production design, but it's certainly lurking in the background.
What would happen if Superman made his debut in a Tales from the Crypt comic book? The result is Brightburn, a wickedly fun little horror flick with enough gore and superhero lore to keep fans of both satisfied.
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May 22, 2019 · Brightburn review – effectively nasty horror subverts Superman narrative. A superhero’s origin tale gets a gory upgrade in this snappy, and mostly entertaining, antidote to superhero fatigue....
May 23, 2019 · It seems plausible. Skinny, smart and easily picked on at school, Brandon (Jackson A. Dunn) comes to believe that he’s not simply special, but “superior.” Finding less and less reason to play along...
