Brightburn (2019)
He's not here to save the world.
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Brightburn rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.1/10· 118K votes
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Metacritic44%
TMDb6.2/10· 3K votesWith 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 44/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Brightburn
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?
Cast of Brightburn
Jackson A. Dunn
as Brandon Breyer
Elizabeth Banks
as Tori Breyer
David Denman
as Kyle Breyer
Matt Jones
as Noah McNichol
Meredith Hagner
as Merilee McNichol
Becky Wahlstrom
as Erica
Emmie Hunter
as Caitlyn
Gregory Alan Williams
as Sheriff Deever
Annie Humphrey
as Deputy Ayres
Abraham Clinkscales
as Royce
Christian Finlayson
as Fauxhawk
Jennifer Holland
as Ms. Espenschied
Brightburn facts
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $33.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •horror-superhero concept generates genuinely unsettling tension
- •rural Kansas setting grounds cosmic-horror premise
- •subversive take on superhero mythology succeeds
What the audience disliked
- •violence escalates beyond character motivation logic
- •family dysfunction themes underexplore psychological complexity
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Where to watch Brightburn(US)
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