I was fortunate to see the new SHAZAM! movie last night and, to cut to the chase, it was really, really great! Definitely one of the most feel good superhero movies in awhile.

I won't go too much into it, I don't want to spoil anything as seeing it without knowing the plot I feel makes the film that much more enjoyable.

That being said, this is one of the funniest, heartfelt superhero movies around. Whoever was in charge of casting deserves a medal, you truly believe the teenage Billy and adult Shazam are the same person and all the child actors are FANTASTIC!

The movie has great callbacks to movies like Big and Gremlins 2, as well as referencing superhero's like Batman, Superman, etc. without loosing focus of the story on Billy and him learning to become a superhero. It is also probably the funniest superhero movie I've seen. I know that's quite a claim, but I haven't laughed out loud at a superhero film as much as I did watching Shazam. Any movie that has the whole audience laughing out loud just as the credits start you know is doing something right. It also does a great job calling out superhero tropes and making them really fun and funny too.

That being said, there are some surprisingly really dark moments in the movie, which are welcome, and they balance everything so well you don't get any tonal whiplash from it.

If there was anything I could say isn't great about the film, it would probably be that the plot itself had some weak points, but the acting, directing and excitement keeps you from realizing it while your watching.

I highly recommend seeing SHAZAM!. It's a great time and you'll leave the theater feeling really good.