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Brightburn
Directed by
David Yarovesky
R
2019
1h 31m
[Horror](/on-demand/category/horror), [Science Fiction](/on-demand/category/sci-fi)
6.1
57%
67%
6.2
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An alien that looks like a human boy uses its powers in sinister and destructive ways.
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Cast of Brightburn
Jackson A. Dunn
Brandon Breyer
Elizabeth Banks
Tori Breyer
David Denman
Kyle Breyer
Matt Jones
Noah McNichol
Meredith Hagner
Merilee McNichol
Becky Wahlstrom
Erica
Emmie Hunter
Caitlyn
Gregory Alan Williams
Sheriff Deever
Annie Humphrey
Deputy Ayres
Abraham Clinkscales
Royce
Christian Finlayson
Fauxhawk
Jennifer Holland
Ms. Espenschied
Terence Rosemore
P.E. Teacher
Elizabeth Becka
Principal Susko
Steve Agee
EJ
Stephen Blackehart
Travis
Mike Dunston
Reporter
Michael Rooker
The Big T
David Yarovesky
Director
Mark Gunn
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Brightburn Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (LAist)
Christy Lemire
This is an interesting idea that I wish they had done more with.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
It's a fine and distinct funhouse ride designed to elicit cackles, then be forgotten about by the next ride.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
A cure for superhero movie fatigue, this lean, gory horror film...has a coherent narrative and pays off with a bang.
The Ringer
Adam Nayman
Its harsh, pitiless violence could earn it a cult, but it's ultimately a workmanlike movie playing at being something more renegade-an unconvincing disguise.
Observer
Oliver Jones
If the filmmakers had a modicum of curiosity about the implications of their own idea, the movie might have had something interesting to say.
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
If the goals were a little more clear, the film could've been better...they could've played with the audiences' expectations much more, but this is an enjoyable horror movie, almost a slasher film.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
The premise is intriguing, but this gruesome origin story plays like just another slasher film with idiots for victims.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
A machine to deliver gore and violence, Brightburn also features some of the most improbably and even hatefully dumb salt-of-the-Earth type characters in a recent American horror movie.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
I wish there were more to Brightburn.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Daniel Neman
The acting is frankly better than it has to be for a horror film, and the overall idea is clever.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
What If baby Superman broke bad? A great premise gets seriously squandered in this ridiculous superhero/horror movie mash-up. The only thing truly scary is that we might be in for a sequel.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
What makes "Brightburn" a little better than average is the time it spends observing Brandon with Tori and Kyle, his loving, increasingly alarmed mom and dad, who are played with excellent game faces by Elizabeth Banks and David Denman.
Los Angeles Times
Kimber Myers
Several visuals - and the accompanying crunches and gurgles - will make appearances in my nightmares.
Nerdist
Katie Walsh
Brightburn is rich with references and genre expectations.
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
"Brightburn" was a good idea. Unfortunately the creativity stopped there.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A superhero movie with the soul of an '80s slasher film.
Entertainment Weekly
Chris Nashawaty
The movie is more or less all premise. The rest is just an occasionally suspenseful, occasionally gory sci-fi riff on any number of earthbound creepy-kid thrillers.
Collider Video
Perri Nemiroff
An extremely dark, violent alt take on the superhero origin story. David Yarovesky and co. push it to such an extent that 'Brightburn' likely won't be for everyone, but if you've got a taste for the darker possibilities, it's disturbingly captivating.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
The way the film shuttles through its 90 minutes, it's as if it's been stripped of its most crucial narrative parts.
ScreenCrush
Matt Singer
Superman is mighty scary as a slasher villain.
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