Movie of the Week: Shazam

[jacey]

I confess I didn't even know this was a DC comic book, but it looked intriguing so H and I did our usual Wednesday afternoon twofers thing. I wasn't expecting much, but it was actually much better than I thought it would be. The basic premise is a kid becomes a super-hero in an adult body when he says the magic word - Shazam. Of course, his hunky adult body hides a child-sized brain, which is where the humour comes in.

Zachary Levi is the adult super hero, pitching his performance just right as a boy in a man's body. Asher Angel does well as the schoolboy with a big secret, and Jack Dylan Grazer is the schoolfriend who becomes Shazam's sidekick. Mark Strong is delightful as the scenery-chewing villain.