Brightburn

"He's not here to save the world."

2019 1h 31m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 3,644

HorrorScience FictionDrama

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What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

“He's not here to save the world.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Yarovesky
Writers: Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn, Cesar E. Lemus
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Yarovesky, shot by Michael Dallatorre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tim Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrew S. Eisen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jackson A. Dunn and Elizabeth Banks and David Denman carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He's not here to save the world.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7752126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Yarovesky directs. Michael Dallatorre behind the camera. Tim Williams scores. Andrew S. Eisen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Directed by David Yarovesky, shot by Michael Dallatorre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tim Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Andrew S. Eisen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jackson A. Dunn and Elizabeth Banks and David Denman carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "He's not here to save the world.".
8IMDB entry: tt7752126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "countryside", "child murder", "country life".

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Dallatorre
Original score: Tim Williams
Editing: Andrew S. Eisen
Production design: Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Makeup / hair: Caley Brooks
VFX supervisor: Dietrich Hasse
Sound: P.K. Hooker
Stunt coordinator: Lonnie R. Smith Jr.
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $33,224,654
Return: 554% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Brightburn (2019)

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MovieGuys2019-05-13
Bad Superman What if superman was a bad guy? That's the premise Brightburn is built upon. To my mind its a more mature concept than the traditional good guy Superman. It makes sense on a certain level too. A superior being would inevitably assert its superiority over lesser beings. That's how evolution and predator/prey relationships tend to work. Whether you agree with my Darwinian assumptions or not, this is a decent horror sci fi film. There's a sense of the comfortable and familiar family dynamic being turned on its head. The innocent, much loved, adopted son, transformed into something so overwhelming powerful and ruthlessly destructive, that even his parents come to fear him. Its the abrupt contrast between these two realities, that makes this film genuinely unnerving.Helped in no small part by a clever climax, that underlines the fall from grace humanity faces, at the hands of this alien other. A decent watch I rate 7/10.
EgorSushko2019-05-25
★ 10/10
Greatful film with good special effects, interesting story and cool cast. Superman vision of horror became best anti-superhero movie I have ever seen. But the movie has one big problem. There is no Sergey A. at the lead role. I think, that Sergey could be good lead character of this film.
Yinse2019-08-08
★ 6/10
Great concept, very gory, just did not live up to the hype.