"The idea at the core of Brightburn is a simple one: what if Clark Kent, with all his extraordinary powers, had grown up to be evil instead of a superhero? Young Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) is the stand-in for the Clark Kent figure here, being raised on a farm by two loving parents (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) who adopted him as a baby after his alien spacecraft crash landed in the woods behind their home over a decade earlier. Despite their warmth, Brandon succumbs to the allure of his seemingly unlimited power, which zaps him of all empathy and convinces him to take whatever he wants in the most violent way possible. Sure, the movie, directed by David Yarovesky, is clunky at times, but I found myself pulled in by both the stomach-turning death scenes and the terrifying spin on Hollwood's superhero movie obsession."
— QK