Review of Shazam! (2019) by Jeffb4125 — 04 Apr 2019

I urge whoever is reading this to just go see the movie. As the critics have mentioned it is funny and sweet (and there is more action than the trailers suggest). That being said, despite my best intentions, I just wasn't fully sold on the film.

Perhaps had I been a bit younger the jokes would have landed more often (although one of the gags truly had me in stitches), but regardless the last 30 minutes let me down to the extent that I adjusted my mid-movie rating from an 8 to a 6.

In the context of the rest of the genre this movie is above average, but not by as much as I think fans wanted it to be.