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By Mark Kennedy (184) for Associated Press (1,685) on 20 Dec 2017

That old Hollywood standby, the venerable buddy cop movie, may have met its anguished demise this holiday season. Will Smith just killed it…

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By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 20 Dec 2017

While we should all know better than to expect much from director David Ayer, he, usually, does decent action…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 20 Dec 2017

David Ayer doesn't stray far from his wheelhouse, even with the fantasy aspects…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 20 Dec 2017

There may be no more unexpected (or damning) faint praise for David Ayer’s new movie Bright than this: It made me wish I was watching “Suicide…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Dec 2017

Bright tries to create a unique and dynamic world with the juxtaposition of harsh police life, crime and modern life contrasted with this imaginary…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 20 Dec 2017

From the director of “Suicide Squad” and the writer of “Victor Frankenstein” comes a fresh slice of hell that somehow represents new…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Vanity Fair (761) on 20 Dec 2017

There is a whiff of an interesting idea in there, but it is buried in tedious scenes lacking clear direction, endless generic (and poorly lit)…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 20 Dec 2017

Like most aspects of the film’s mythology, the whole Bright business feels like the non-brainwave of a random plot generator – a will-this-do…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 20 Dec 2017

This ambitious, yet astonishingly well-executed Netflix tentpole directly benefits from the way Ayer’s gritty, streetwise sensibility grounds…

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By David Griffin (18) for IGN (1,013) on 20 Dec 2017

Bright could have been something truly special if it had slowed down the pace of its narrative to allow for a fuller exploration of its engaging…

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By Steve Rose (110) for The Guardian (2,969) on 20 Dec 2017

For all its flaws, Bright is still a headlong leap into a bracingly different new world. Cinema could do with more of that…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Dec 2017

Ultimately, the biggest problem with Bright is that it squeezes nudity, profanity and blood into the kind of dopey adventure that should be…

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By Vinnie Mancuso (4) for Collider (1,032) on 20 Dec 2017

In the end, it's probably a blessing for Bright that it ended up on Netflix, where it can sit in a queue for as long as the audience wants…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 20 Dec 2017

The finished product, though plenty embarrassing, isn't quite involving enough to merit the kind of pile-on mockery that greeted Ayer's DC…

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By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 20 Dec 2017

This would-be streaming blockbuster comes off as a pale, almost Asylum-like imitation of big-scale Hollywood product…

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