Bright

TV-MA

Released Dec 22, 2017

1h 57m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

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113 Reviews

83%

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10,000+ Ratings

In an alternate present day, humans, orcs, elves and fairies have been coexisting since the beginning of time. Two police officers, one a human, the other an orc, embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which, in the wrong hands, could destroy everything.

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Critics Consensus

Bright tries to blend fantasy, hard-hitting cop drama, and social commentary -- and ends up falling painfully short of the mark on all three fronts.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Bright feels like an ambitious experiment with a noble subtext, which could easily have been made with entirely human characters. Perhaps then it might have felt less laboured and contrived.

Jul 29, 2019

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

Bright uses barely developed magical elements to tell a barely developed story about racism and prejudice in America. On both fronts, it fails.

May 7, 2018

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

Perhaps expecting Bright to ask pertinent questions or think beyond its "Orc is the New Black" conceit was too much. As such, the limited world-building is just window-dressing for a basic survive-the-night thriller that putters along on toxic fumes

Rated: 1/5

Dec 30, 2017

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Bright is certainly an attractive prospect given the talent involved, but Ayer's aggressive and ultramasculine perspective feels tired and, perhaps, outdated.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 16, 2022

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Ian Brill

Battleship Pretension

Bright is dedicated to using promising ideas in the least imaginative ways possible.

Apr 13, 2021

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Kshitij Rawat

The Indian Express

It has a great premise, but execution is extraordinarily clumsy. It is far from the worst film of the year as many have said, but it isn't a magnificent, enlightened, and socially conscious piece of cinema it pretends to be either.

Mar 9, 2021

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Josh P

Why did this movie even happen? So completely dumb and the main character is stupid and not real in the slightest. A Waste of time DONT WATCH THIS STUPID MOVIE

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/12/24

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jacek j

Once again the "professional reviewers" prove to be entirely useless. Is this movie a 5 star epic? Nope, but it is entertaining, we'll acted with a decent story line and good soundtrack. Solid 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Dinos K

One of the worst movies I've seen. The promise was very good (elves and orcs in the present day) but the final result was unacceptable

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/24

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J H

Good movie, lot's of action.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/08/24

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James K

Underrated. Very entertaining, great performances. Falls just shy of too much fantasy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/30/24

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Linda C

Great "world-making" and character development, suspenseful, unpredictable...A sequel to "Lord of the Rings" set 2000 years later in a modern L.A. The short scene with the materialistic elves of "Elftown" was worth watching in and of itself.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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