James Crooks

Together the cast blend together seamlessly, portraying a belligerently bickering cohort of relatives that deliver an outstandingly accurate depiction of a panicked, stressed and hungry family over this festive period. Unexpectedly, Pfieffer (Scarface) furnishes the film with a stunning performance as an overworked mother, yet Dominic Sessa brings an equally brilliant and much welcome witty charm and zing.

After Joan and her second husband Larry, played by Elizabeth Olsen (Wandavision) and Miles Teller (Whiplash), meet death at the unique hands of cancer and pretzels respectively, they find themselves reunited in the waiting lobby to everafter.

Bat-Fam captures a nostalgic magic and heart that has been absent from younger media in recent times and should be celebrated for capitalizing upon the achievements of a genre near forgotten, yet still producing something new. Evidently playing the long-game, DC may have just inspired their new wave of Superhero fanatics.