Bright
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.
3 November 1975, Fullerton, California, USA
25 March 1977, Caracas, Venezuela
20 October 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 July 1954, El Salvador
September 19, 1967 in Big Spring, Texas, USA
10 February 1967, Miami, Florida, USA
December 22, 2017
It's imperfect and perhaps could have been more, butBrightsuccessfully merges fantastical qualities with the cop movie clichs we know and keep coming back for.
December 21, 2017
At its best, Bright offers a clever critique of racism from a world of spells and sorcery. It's complicated.
December 21, 2017
... ultimately "Bright" simply lacks the screenwriting smarts to capitalize on the social commentary in its setup that it so nakedly attempts to harness.
December 21, 2017
Worth watching for the sight of Will Smith beating a fairy to death with a broom, but it takes a far more sophisticated grasp of the fantasy concept to really get away with Mordor.
December 21, 2017
Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy, with its species-specific stats and attributes, is a pretty suspect well to draw from if you're trying to pull off some kind of modern-day race relations metaphor.
December 21, 2017
Bills itself as part buddy-cop movie, part lavish fantasy, does neither justice, resulting in lazy nonsense that's too silly to be good and too self-serious to be any fun.
December 21, 2017
The result is a loud, ungainly hybrid that does not serve police procedurals or fantasy spectaculars very well.
December 21, 2017
This is what it looks like when good ideas go bad. A sequel, naturally, has already been greenlit. Go orc yourself, Hollywood.
December 21, 2017
Where there is a Will Smith there is a way.
December 21, 2017
... this is a bit of a mess when it comes to story and a heavy-handed attempt at offering a social message.
December 21, 2017
Critics have already lined up to pillory Bright as among the year's worst releases. Don't believe the clickbait.
December 21, 2017
In the end, Bright pulls off the uncommon (and not at all admirable) hat trick of being confusing, boring, and vaguely insulting about the matters it wants to appear smart on.
