This unexpected low-budget gem asks a straightforward question - what if a superhero was born bad? - and then takes great delight in exploring the idea and also has fun exploding some superhero expectations along the way. Brightburn punches above its weight in terms of writing, performances, direction and ideas, with a forgivable standard of occasional gore effects that are nevertheless wittily deployed, and there is always an entertainingly comfortable sense of understanding the genre at play throughout. Now, if only they had gone the whole way and made a truly 18-rated version...
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