Brightburn

Poor character motivation, no consistency and just unbelievable, nonsensical character decision making to keep the plot moving. And while I don't mind gore, the stuff they did just detracted from the movie. I'm so disappointed because there was so much they could have done exploring concepts with this (like the first time he felt pain and how that might impact on his idea of inflicting it for example) but instead they made another generic, tacky, mediocre movie.

It has scary scenes. The concept has a lot of potential, but it didn't develop well.

Conceptually excellent, has a lot of strong parts such as the performances, and general production. It's also a very unapologetic movie, which I respect. I just found the movie to be very choppy, particularly the first act. It didn't dive deep enough on the psychology of this messed up kid, and left me feeling emotionless to the "progression" of his character. I use ", because it's not really a progression. He just is evil from the first 5 minutes. But the movie is also cut into scenes that last for a maximum of 5 minutes each, and this is what made it feel really choppy. It made the film lose focus, and takes away from the emotion in the movie because we are jumping forward so much. I'd still recommend giving it a shot, but I was pretty disappointed by this one.

The problem with Brightburn is that it's not original enough. The premise never becomes more than a "what if Superman..." spoof and the script never manages to get out of its puddle of clichés. Yarovesky's confused directing sabotages any enthusiastic acting and the whole thing almost feels like a piece of fan fiction.

Pretty dumb. While there's often a benefit in not dwelling too long on the origin story (how did they get there / what does it mean) this approach can start to unravel and does here. A dozen films have done similar things better.

It would’ve been a great movie if the mother lived, or put up a better fight

An interesting premise, as others have said, but the film makes little of it. Plot aside, there are a couple of very brief gory scenes, but without those this film could have been a 12; even with them in, maybe a 15 would be more appropriate. It feels like a film for young teenagers, so why is it an 18? Anyway, overall, just not worth the effort.

Seing Badger from Breaking Bad in this movie was crazy

Good time but wasted potential

Incredibly scary. They really took their time thinking for this movie. Not for the faint of heart.