Shazam! (3D)

If you want to save the world, say the magic word.


Shazam!
The latest super-hero to arrive from the DC Extended Universe goes for more laughs than most others of the genre. We follow a streetwise 14-year-old foster kid who can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam, just by shouting out “Shazam!”. with some help from an ancient wizard. Although still a kid at heart, inside a ripped, godlike body, Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana. This film is releasing in 2D, 3D, 3D IMAX and 4DX. This is the 3D version.

132 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Violence, Horror).
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

You light up my life....
You light up my life....

Credits

Cast
Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Mark Strong, Meagan Good, Jack Dylan Grazer
Director
David F. Sandberg
ScreenplayHenry Gayden, Darren Lemke, using characters by Bill Parker, C.C. Beck
MusicBenjamin Wallfisch
CinematographyMaxime Alexandre
EditingMichel Aller
Sound formatsDolby Atmos
Made in2019
Produced byMichel Aller, DC Entertainment, DC Comics, New Line Cinema, The Safran Company

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction comedy
LanguageThe material contains mild to moderate impact, fairly frequent crude language, justified by context of the storyline.
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceThe material contains mild to moderate impact, frequent fantastic stylised and adventurous violence justified by the context of action adventure and fantasy storyline.
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsContains scenes of Horror, and Imitative Acts and Techniques.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material
Runtime132
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
4
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
3
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
1
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
3
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
11 +
Positive messages
4
Positive role models
4
Violence
3
Sex
2
Language
3
Consumerism
3
Drinking, drugs, smoking
2

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Helen Herimbi
20
Die Burger
Mariana Malan quote iconSuperheld met groot ego én hart.
15
24.com
Alex Isaacs quote iconFor now with Shazam! D.C has got a much-needed dose of lightning in a bottle, and I can’t wait to see more. Hopefully, with some more of the delightful cast and the much-hyped but never-seen (in this edit of the movie) Black Adam as played by Dwayne Johnson.
20
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconYou won’t feel trapped watching Shazam! but might wish it was twenty to thirty minutes shorter with a better villain and third act.
12
Metacritic.com
52 critics
14
Rottentomatoes critics
337 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconAn effortlessly entertaining blend of humor and heart, Shazam! is a superhero movie that never forgets the genre's real power: joyous wish fulfillment.
18
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
13
CommonSenseMedia
Sandie Angule Chen quote iconSuperhero comedy is charming, goofy, with fantasy violence.
15

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
488 users
16
Rottentomatoes users
8130 users
17
IMDB
66911 Netizens
15
The Movie DB
Community
15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter
Popcornmeter
18

Average .. 80%

16

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