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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘The Flash’: Speedy superhero zooms to the past in well-acted but overlong adventure

The hero of “The Flash” (Ezra Miller) looks for Superman in an alternative universe but finds Supergirl (Sasha Calle) instead. (Warner Bros.)

My guess is if you’re the Fastest Man Alive, you have trouble focusing and thinking things through. That certainly seems to be the case in an opening scene in “The Flash” in which Ezra Miller’s titular character grows increasingly anxious when a chatty and slow-moving barista is taking FOREVER to make him a breakfast sandwich, which is a big deal because Barry Allen/The Flash needs to consume pretty much all the calories to maintain his peak energy levels.

It’s a clever scene, but it also has one thinking: Why doesn’t the Flash just stock his apartment with all the protein bars and steaks and energy drinks etc., he’ll need? Why go to a hipster breakfast spot every morning? Maybe it’s a creature-of-habit thing.

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