Bright

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In an alternate present day, humans, orcs, elves and fairies have been coexisting since the beginning of time. Two police officers, one a human, the other an orc, embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which, in the wrong hands, could destroy everything.

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Bright tries to blend fantasy, hard-hitting cop drama, and social commentary -- and ends up falling painfully short of the mark on all three fronts.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Bright feels like an ambitious experiment with a noble subtext, which could easily have been made with entirely human characters. Perhaps then it might have felt less laboured and contrived.

Jul 29, 2019

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

Bright uses barely developed magical elements to tell a barely developed story about racism and prejudice in America. On both fronts, it fails.

May 7, 2018

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

Perhaps expecting Bright to ask pertinent questions or think beyond its "Orc is the New Black" conceit was too much. As such, the limited world-building is just window-dressing for a basic survive-the-night thriller that putters along on toxic fumes

Rated: 1/5

Dec 30, 2017

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Brightis certainly an attractive prospect given the talent involved, but Ayer's aggressive and ultramasculine perspective feels tired and, perhaps, outdated.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 16, 2022

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Ian Brill

Battleship Pretension

Bright is dedicated to using promising ideas in the least imaginative ways possible.

Apr 13, 2021

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Ksh*tij Rawat

The Indian Express

It has a great premise, but execution is extraordinarily clumsy. It is far from the worst film of the year as many have said, but it isn't a magnificent, enlightened, and socially conscious piece of cinema it pretends to be either.

Mar 9, 2021

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James K Underrated. Very entertaining, great performances. Falls just shy of too much fantasy. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Linda C Great "world-making" and character development, suspenseful, unpredictable...A sequel to "Lord of the Rings" set 2000 years later in a modern L.A. The short scene with the materialistic elves of "Elftown" was worth watching in and of itself. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Tim G I loved this movie. This has a super blend of fantasy and reality, alongside great characters, just what a great movie looks like. I agree with the majority of the public on this one. Brilliant film and a must see. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/18/23 Full Review Robert S Bright delivers what most see as a boring racial allegory that lands off the mark due to peoples' ignorant habit of comparing fantasy "races" to human races, when they were quite literally never meant to represent or be based off them in any way. This story is a brilliant modern spiritual successor to The Hobbit $ The Lord of the Rings, with deeply compelling and emotional performances and an over all original take on the entire fantasy film tradition. This deserves a sequel and a series. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/14/23 Full Review Gunn W The action was good - but there was just so much more potential to this movie than we saw. Too much time was spent on gangs and fights etc. I would have enjoyed more time devoted to the past war between the races and how that's shaped today's relations. Also, is there only 1 wand? What happened to it? What does being a Bright mean if you don't have a wand?Way too many other possibilities to explore, but instead we just got an hour of fight and chase scenes. Too bad - it had promise!! Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/23 Full Review MamaNix I would watch it again Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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David Ayer Director Will Smith Daryl Ward Joel Edgerton Nick Jakoby Noomi Rapace Leilah Lucy Fry Tikka Edgar Ramírez Kandomere

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