Celebrates our culture, values, and aesthetic while offering hope that these tools can help build a better future.

| Jun 26, 2021

Goofy, but it never defaults or cops out on that...you gotta take this for what it is, which is a lot of fun.

| Jan 21, 2021

I highly recommend this for kids, no question.

| Jan 21, 2021

We Can Be Heroes is one of the best kids flicks Rodriguez has put together.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 15, 2021

Rodriguez' superhero-kid adventure has action, humor.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2021

We Can Be Heroes is one of Rodriguez's strongest entries in his eclectic career. That might sound a little silly, but the film is packed full of imagination and is genuinely accessible to a vast number of people of all ages.

| Jan 11, 2021

"Heroes" is colorful and garish and relentlessly energized; as such, it's not designed to work for anyone who wouldn't be permitted into a PG-13 movie without a guardian.

| Original Score: C | Jan 9, 2021

While the twisty plot is plainly ridiculous, it's also a lot of fun, even when liberally dishing out messages about empowerment and teamwork.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 8, 2021

Here's great family fun viewing for all, with dazzling special effects and non-stop action-the back-and-forth banter between the superhero kids feels 'on the nose' as we are privy to their inner thoughts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 5, 2021

Arduous and juvenile.

| Jan 4, 2021

I didn't get a migraine, but there are stronger recommendations.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2021

We need a baby-sitter we can trust while nursing the last of the season's hangovers. Just try and stay out of the room for the excruciatingly sunny cover of David Bowie's Heroes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2021

To call this low hanging fruit would sound like an insult, but really, Robert Rodriguez making a goofy superhero movie for kids feels like a welcome respite in this hellish year.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Dec 31, 2020

We Can Be Heroes acts as an endearing roll-call for its target audience.

| Dec 31, 2020

A sort of sequel to "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl," this film gives kids exactly what they want. Adults? Not so much.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 31, 2020

Totally hokey, with a 1970s Saturday morning vibe; a serviceable entertainment for the wee crowd, but likely a one-off watch.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 29, 2020

While the film's theme is extremely upfront, it meets children where they are and aims to empower them. We Can Be Heroes is a heartfelt letter about the future that aims to be inspiring.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 28, 2020

Rodriguez's film has a simple nobility to it that does a lot to overcome the slapdash CGI and cheap sets. It's always easier to embrace something when it's made with sincerity and heart.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 28, 2020

We Can Be Heroes is a cheerful and colorful take on the superhero genre with a powerful message about empowering younger generations to take the reins and do better than their parents.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 28, 2020

This was clearly made for kids, not critics, and the design and action are vibrant enough to divert them. Rodriguez is well-versed in superhero tropes for parents who can appreciate comic-book satire.

| Dec 28, 2020