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    Brightburn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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    • 1 Timothy WilliamsBrightburn 1:09
    • 2 Timothy WilliamsBreyer Family 1:26
    • 3 Timothy WilliamsI'm Very Special 2:32
    • 4 Timothy WilliamsYou Okay? 1:21
    • 5 Timothy WilliamsCalled to the Barn 4:20
    • 6 Timothy WilliamsSharp Object Meet Eyeball 1:51
    • 7 Timothy WilliamsDear God 1:16
    • 8 Timothy WilliamsWho Am I? 2:29
    • 9 Timothy WilliamsDon't Tell the Sherriff 1:41
    • 10 Timothy WilliamsReal Real Bad Things 2:17
    • 11 Timothy WilliamsBrandon's Power 1:23
    • 12 Timothy WilliamsUrges 2:12
    • 13 Timothy WilliamsRevelations 2:03
    • 14 Timothy WilliamsTime to Run 2:10
    • 15 Timothy WilliamsComing Home 3:05
    • 16 Timothy WilliamsDistress Call 2:22
    • 17 Timothy WilliamsThe Hunt 1:37
    • 18 Timothy WilliamsIt's Time 1:53
    • 19 Timothy WilliamsTori and Brandon 2:26
    • 20 Timothy WilliamsBrandon Unleashed 0:52

    5

    " Imagine What He Could Become"
    Country
    Runtime 1 hr 30 min
    Budget $7 000 000
    Premiere: World $33 224 654 May 9, 2019
    USA $17 300 439
    Other countries $15 924 215
    Box Office – Budget $26 224 654
    Premiere: USA $17 300 439 May 24, 2019
    first day $3 000 854
    first weekend $7 845 658
    theaters 2607
    rollout 222 days
    Digital: World August 6, 2019
    Parental Advisory
    • Frightening & Intense Scenes

      plenty

    • Violence & Gore

      plenty

    • Profanity

      average

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      few

    • Sex & Nudity

      few

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    Description

    An alien that looks like a human boy uses its powers in sinister and destructive ways.

    Сast and Crew

    Production

    The film was announced in December 2017, then untitled, with James Gunn as a producer, his brother Brian and cousin Mark writing the script, and David Yarovesky directing. In March 2018, Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Meredith Hagner and Matt Jones were cast. Gunn was set to appear on a panel to discuss the project at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018, but his appearance was canceled after news broke that Disney had fired Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 due to offensive tweets.

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    Critique: 36

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    The Guardian May 22, 2019

    Brightburn risks falling into the all-too-familiar creepy kid horror formula but there’s just about enough to distinguish it from that ever-e...

    film.avclub.com May 22, 2019

    For such a specific, clever-on-paper idea, Brightburn follows a shockingly predictable turn of events, possibly because it has few refere...

    Hollywood Reporter May 22, 2019

    While not exactly original, the premise is certainly effective enough. But Brightburn lacks the visual stylization or wit to elevate it from the re...

    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&r...

    Little White Lies June 10, 2019

    This film draws its strength in part from its willingness to be a more humbly scaled operation than the tentpoles weighted down by mandates fo...

    Chicago Sun-Times May 24, 2019

    The premise is intriguing, but this gruesome origin story plays like just another slasher film with idiots for victims.

    Rolling Stone May 23, 2019

    What If baby Superman broke bad? A great premise gets seriously squandered in this ridiculous superhero/horror movie mash-up. The only thing truly...

    Los Angeles Times May 23, 2019

    Several visuals – and the accompanying crunches and gurgles – will make appearances in my nightmares.

    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 cree...

    scifinow.co.uk June 17, 2019

    What it lacks in any greater meaning, it makes up for with good old B-movie gore. It’s a demon child story wearing the mask of a superhe...

    The Age (Australia) May 23, 2019

    Brightburn is not a major film, but it’s a genuinely provocative one, a hand grenade tossed out into the pop culture arena.

    New York Times May 23, 2019

    What makes "Brightburn" a little better than average is the time it spends observing Brandon with Tori and Kyle, his loving, increasingly alar...

    nerdist.com May 23, 2019

    Brightburn is rich with references and genre expectations.

    Slant Magazine May 22, 2019

    The way the film shuttles through its 90 minutes, it’s as if it’s been stripped of its most crucial narrative parts.

    If the goals were a little more clear, the film could’ve been better…they could’ve played with the audiences' expectations much mo...

    Irish Times July 5, 2019

    The conceit works brilliantly until, in the closing 20 minutes, it clatters disappointingly into a fatal uncertainty.

    Financial Times June 19, 2019

    Director David Yarovesky does the fantasy stuff with flair. And the dafter the plot gets, the better the acting conjured from Elizabeth Banks as fo...

    This is primarily a character study, about that thin line between heroism and horror.

    Observer May 27, 2019

    If the filmmakers had a modicum of curiosity about the implications of their own idea, the movie might have had something interesting to say.

    TheWrap May 22, 2019

    What if Superman started out evil? And what if that was the only idea you had for your movie?

    ScreenCrush May 22, 2019

    Superman is mighty scary as a slasher villain.

    Globe and Mail May 24, 2019

    Although Brightburn’s final seconds hint at James' more finely attuned cinematic sensibilities the film is not nearly as strong as its villai...

    ReelViews May 25, 2019

    Brightburn can at least boast an interesting premise – not that it does anything with it.

    The Ringer May 29, 2019

    Its harsh, pitiless violence could earn it a cult, but it’s ultimately a workmanlike movie playing at being something more renegade...

    Variety May 22, 2019

    The premise isn’t bad, even if the evil-Superman origin story was done better in "Chronicle." The execution, however, is lacking, particularl...

    Vulture May 24, 2019

    I wish there were more to Brightburn.

    Times (UK) June 21, 2019

    Because the film that this broadside of brass describes is ultimately, seriously, "Duuuumb!"

    Daily Telegraph June 20, 2019

    The final effect… is a disheartening vacuum. Having torn down a myth, it leaves little but a dropped mic in its wake.

    RogerEbert.com May 24, 2019

    A machine to deliver gore and violence, Brightburn also features some of the most improbably and even hatefully dumb salt-of-the-Earth type charact...

    The Guardian June 23, 2019

    As an antihero with an oedipal complex, neither Brandon nor Dunn is sufficiently creepy or conflicted to launch a new franchise.

    Independent July 8, 2019

    Despite its simplicity, Brightburn’s premise is filled with potential, but it struggles to find anything meaningful to say.

    Associated Press May 23, 2019

    "Brightburn" was a good idea. Unfortunately the creativity stopped there.

    Austin Chronicle May 30, 2019

    It’s a fine and distinct funhouse ride designed to elicit cackles, then be forgotten about by the next ride.

    Chicago Reader May 29, 2019

    A cure for superhero movie fatigue, this lean, gory horror film…has a coherent narrative and pays off with a bang.

    indieWire May 22, 2019

    The terror is baked in – what if a super-strong space alien crashed to Earth and wanted to kill everyone? now that’s an idea right...

    Empire Magazine June 17, 2019

    Crossbreeding superhero tropes with horror staples was an idea laden with promise. Brightburn is enlivened by trademark James Gunn black comedy, bu...

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    Watched

    Another movie, the authors of which decided that motivation is an atavism and, well, fuck it. Increasingly, this approach is taken by horror writers. I strongly disagree with this, but for the rest – thumbs up, as they say. Atmospheric, the killings are brutally inventive, the effects are frighteningly good

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    Watched

    Evil Superman Origin: The idea is good, but the implementation is full of genre cliches

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    Watched

    Oh, that’s too bad. The best thing about the movie is the scene before the credits.

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    Watched

    A great "what if Superman was bad" idea was ruined by a shaky camera, silly characters, and mediocre performances by most of the cast. We have to admit that there were some super beautiful shots. All horror is about showing human mutilation. Dumb.

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    Watched

    I was taken in by the trailer and the poster – I liked the villain’s costume. But in the end, it was a complete disappointment. The film is very weak and incoherent. In fact, a set of a whole series of cliches, and also poorly sewn.

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