Shazam! Is a funny story about about a superhero which was at one time owned by Marvel.
A foster kid fights evil as a grown man. It feels like an uncanny copy, because it is.
It feels like what would happen if Saturday Night Live did a superhero movie. It's a superhero film that understands it's for kids. And when the kids are doing the talking, the show shines. When the adults get involved, it feels like a very clunky Law & Order episode. Like the adults know that there is something wrong with a thirty-something man who acts like a middle-schooler paling around with a boy, they just can't put their finger on what it is.
2019's Shazam! feels like pop culture folding in on itself. It shamelessly borrows from Harry Potter.
Hollywood, don't borrow from yourself. Copy from the War of the Roses!
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