Review of Blue Beetle (2023) by Bob Strauss for San Francisco Chronicle — 16 Aug 2023
Happily, Blue Beetle comes closest to cracking the code by grounding its slam-bang sci-fi shenanigans in familia. Based on the third incarnation of a comic book character who’s been in and out of circulation — published by several different companies — since 1939, this movie’s Latin flavor feels fresh, with welcome bits of political bite and funny takes on the genre’s over-familiar conventions.
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This review of Blue Beetle (2023) was written by Bob Strauss and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 16 Aug 2023.
Blue Beetle has generally received positive reviews.
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