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Brightburn (15)

Science Fiction, Horror, Drama

A science fiction horror in which a couple find their adopted child has sinister powers.


The critical consensus

This ain’t your father’s homicidal pre-pubescent Superman riff!

Charles Bramesco, Little White Lies, 10/06/2019

Elizabeth Banks brings real intensity to an otherwise middling, James Gunn-produced superhero horror.

**(*)(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 17/06/2019

Its twisted take on Superman’s origin story dabbles in our modern obsession with superheroes, but all we get are stray thoughts instead of a fully formed idea.

**(*)(*)(*)Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 20/06/2019

This violent tale of a boy with malevolent powers struggles to impress in a Marvel-dominated genre.

**(*)(*)(*)Simran Hans, The Observer, 23/06/2019

Crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror staples was an idea laden with promise. Brightburn is enlivened by trademark James Gunn black comedy, but hamstrung by sketchy writing and a botched sense of dread.

**(*)(*)(*)James White, Empire Online, 17/06/2019

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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