Shazam! Reviews

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• the very fun and funny Shazam! is DC's most joyful and sweet movie since the era of Christopher Reeve's Superman

  by Jim Vejvoda [IGN ]

• the most kid-friendly DC movie so far, "Shazam!" is thoroughly entertaining

  by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter ]

• the hardest power to depict onscreen is the wisdom of Solomon, but "Shazam!" makes clever decisions, mixing middle school snark with disarming sweetness. And --yes-- it delivers the requisite lightning-strike punch-'em-ups with considerable force

  by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine ]

• one of the most fun superhero movies ever made; a warm, funny, and anarchic superhero movie about the power of family, "Shazam!" is total magic from start to finish

  Review rate : B+ by David Ehrlich [Indiewire ]

• it's actually good; director David F. Sandberg has infused his film with so much heart and charm; "Shazam!" is just a lightning bolt of unexpected joy that is certainly worth your time and money

  by Lindsey Bahr [Associated Press ]

• buoyant and unpretentious, "Shazam!" aims low and mostly succeeds, a kid-friendly caper powered with enough energy to keep its target audience engaged with a fun central conceit that plays like a cross between Big and Superman

  by Benjamin Lee [The Guardian ]

• as a teenage kid in a superman's body, Zachary Levi is pure pop charisma in a comic-book saga that walks a deft line between satire and sincerity

  by Owen Gleiberman [Variety ]

• a youthful and mostly playful treatment of one of DC's cheesier superheroes; Overall, "Shazam!" is a welcome antidote to the usual brooding DC fare, an upbeat superhero movie that feels young at heart

  by Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]

• "Shazam!" is a lot jokier and zippier than the spandex tentpoles we've come to expect from DC's often-lugubrious stable of cinematic superheroes

  Review rate : B by Chris Nashawaty [Entertainment Weekly ]

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