'Blue Beetle' Review thread

Blue Beetle

• Rotten Tomatoes 87% (55 Reviews)

• Metacritic: 62 (29 Reviews)

Reviews

The Hollywood Reporter:

A bug worth catching.

Variety:

The brisk, cheeky, unabashed gizmo-happy triviality of “Blue Beetle,” a superhero origin story from the DC side of the tracks, is enough to make the film feel like a breath of fresh pulp.

Deadline:

It has more heart and humor than most in this well worn genre. That ought to count for something.

IndieWire (C):

For a film that incessantly natters on about Jaime’s purpose, “Blue Beetle” has bafflingly little sense of what its own might be.

The Wrap:

A self-contained and smartly crafted film that ranks among the DCEU’s very best. Even though, admittedly, that doesn’t say nearly as much as it ought to.

Entertainment Weekly (B+):

Blue Beetle never loses sight of the community it seeks to honor, not once pandering nor offering surface-level representation of what it means to be Latino.

Collider (B-):

Blue Beetle might not be a unique take on the superhero origin story, but Soto and Dunnet-Alcocer do prove that a smaller scale, lighter approach within the DC Universe can work.

Slashfilm (5.5/10):

Give it a few more drafts and "Blue Beetle" may have emerged as something extraordinary.

ScreenRant (3.5/5):

While the movie excels in family dynamics and character development, the visual effects and portrayal of the Kord family as villains fall short. Nonetheless, Blue Beetle is a charming depiction of functional family bonds and a promising introduction to a live-action DC superhero.

IGN (7/10):

Under Ángel Manuel Soto’s direction, Blue Beetle is a superhero movie that sets itself apart within the bloated genre through the deeply connected bonds of Jaime and the Reyes family.

The Guardian (3/5):

There’s a perkiness that’s hard to resist and a base-level competency that’s hard not to appreciate, a small beam of blue light in an otherwise dark time for superheroes.

AV Club (B- ):

The filmmakers and the SFX team have created a memorable visual style for the film, supported by a wide array of Latino talent that underpins the authenticity of the narrative and the visuals.

USA Today (3/4):

The DC movie universe has been holding out for a hero, and it might just be a 22-year-old Mexican college grad with a really cool family.

Total Film (3/5):

Stand down the undertaker: this spirited outlier shows there’s life in the old DCEU yet. Over to you, Aquaman 2.

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Synopsis:

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero Blue Beetle.

Cast:

• Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle

• Adriana Barraza as Nana

• Damián Alcázar as Alberto Reyes

• Raoul Max Trujillo as Conrad Carapax / Indestructible Man

• Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord

• George Lopez as Rudy Reyes:

Directed by: Ángel Manuel Soto

Written by: Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer

Produced by: John Rickard, Zev Foreman

Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski

Edited by: Craig Alpert

Music by: Bobby Krlic

Running time: 127 minutes

Release date: August 18, 2023

Submitted August 17, 2023 at 12:00AM by DemiFiendRSA https://ift.tt/Wg9M0xU