The Flash is an enjoyable watch and has fascinating themes Christian parents can discuss with their kids

What I liked:

We’ll cover Ezra Miller’s controversy in the ‘faith’ section, but their performance in this movie is brilliant. They have the tough job of performing as two characters, the Barry that we already know and a Barry from an alternate dimension. Both of the Barrys feel distinct and that is a credit to Miller’s acting abilities. They carry this film and hold the emotional throughline with great pathos.

There are some brilliant gags, alternate Barry getting his powers was fun to watch, and there’s a great running joke about Back to the Future which I won’t spoil.

Being a multiverse movie, there are some cool cameos (I won’t ruin any because I think the surprise is part of the enjoyment). The two larger cameos which have been heavily advetised in the promos and trailers for this film, and which I will tell you about because of this very fact, are fun. Keaton is back as Batman but not quite as you might remember him.

He’s older and has hung up the cape and cowl – don’t worry, he soon suits up to help the Barrys to fight Zod. Sacha Calle was good in the bits she was in, but I’ll be honest, wasn’t in the movie as much as I was expecting her to be.

On a personal note, I’m grateful that this movie seemed to be set in the Snyderverse, following on from Zack Snyder’s Justice League and not the horrific theatrical cut. While I’m not sure the tone or style of the film fully matched Snyder’s vision, it wasn’t so far removed that it felt as though it couldn’t be.