This movie is not as bad as some people say, I did not have very high hopes for it and I was pleasently surprised.
On the positive: the cast for the family was top tier and everyone shines, but specially Xolo as Jaime and López as Rudy.
All the great funny/cute moments come from the family interactions. I do have to say though, I think many jokes and references might go over non latinxs heads, which is why I guess some people say some jokes were not landing.
Some negative in the film, as it is becoming an issue with a lot of this superhero movies, is the very flat almost cartoonish villain. Sarandon cast and acting was... a choice. Not terrible but quite basic and forgettable. We definetely need better writing for the villains in this movies
Overall the story is not super deep and yes, quite cliché and predictable but is not so terrible. If you have high hopes for this film probably you'll be dissapointed but if you look for a fun family movie time this passes quite good.
This film, at least is much better than the Shazam 2 mess.
On the positive: the cast for the family was top tier and everyone shines, but specially Xolo as Jaime and López as Rudy.
All the great funny/cute moments come from the family interactions. I do have to say though, I think many jokes and references might go over non latinxs heads, which is why I guess some people say some jokes were not landing.
Some negative in the film, as it is becoming an issue with a lot of this superhero movies, is the very flat almost cartoonish villain. Sarandon cast and acting was... a choice. Not terrible but quite basic and forgettable. We definetely need better writing for the villains in this movies
Overall the story is not super deep and yes, quite cliché and predictable but is not so terrible. If you have high hopes for this film probably you'll be dissapointed but if you look for a fun family movie time this passes quite good.
This film, at least is much better than the Shazam 2 mess.
