This might not be everyone's cup of tea. For the most part, the movie is "silent" (if much, there are two lines of dialogue), the story is told through the scenario, the actions and the very well acted reactions. Ambient sound and music are both VERY IMPORTANT to tell the story as well, so if you are watching at home (as I did), do yourself a favour and use headphones, if possible.
Where the movie falls flat to its face IMO is at its attempt of a social commentary. Minor spoilers ahead. The central idea of the movie is social relationships, social isolation and the issues extreme isolation can bring. By giving the main character a rather stupid reason for the isolation (the very cliché "I killed a loved one by accident now everyone - including myself - hates me", just to subvert the "accident" idea at the end), the movie makes the character immediately unrelatable: such an uncommon situation cannot be related at all. However, the sense of isolation is there and is very well depicted, and this CAN be related to. But after showing us how her neighbours and acquaintaces from the town all despise her, to the point of spitting to her face, the ending gets completely outrageous. Why, for all that is sacred, would she decide to "join" the goddamn community after all she has been through while they were still humans? It makes zero sense, and I am the guy who has social anxiety and lives isolated for years now. I may feel like I do not belong to the "normal humans" community (not because I'm not human, but because I'm not "normal"), yet I would never sacrifice my own self, my consciousness, to join a community of alien invaders. No one would.
Despite all that, the movie is a fun ride. The direction is very competent, especially with the "no dialog" challenge. As a movie, is a good one, you will find it entertaining. As a communication media though, it fails. Miserably. So turn off your brain if you want to watch this one. And enjoy.
Total 6/10 - Direction 3/5 - Acting 3.5/5 - Script or story 1.5/5 - VFX 2/5 - SFX 4/5 - Music 4/5
Review by ttofanoBlockedParent2024-05-03T23:33:50Z
This might not be everyone's cup of tea.
For the most part, the movie is "silent" (if much, there are two lines of dialogue), the story is told through the scenario, the actions and the very well acted reactions. Ambient sound and music are both VERY IMPORTANT to tell the story as well, so if you are watching at home (as I did), do yourself a favour and use headphones, if possible.
Where the movie falls flat to its face IMO is at its attempt of a social commentary. Minor spoilers ahead.
The central idea of the movie is social relationships, social isolation and the issues extreme isolation can bring. By giving the main character a rather stupid reason for the isolation (the very cliché "I killed a loved one by accident now everyone - including myself - hates me", just to subvert the "accident" idea at the end), the movie makes the character immediately unrelatable: such an uncommon situation cannot be related at all. However, the sense of isolation is there and is very well depicted, and this CAN be related to. But after showing us how her neighbours and acquaintaces from the town all despise her, to the point of spitting to her face, the ending gets completely outrageous. Why, for all that is sacred, would she decide to "join" the goddamn community after all she has been through while they were still humans? It makes zero sense, and I am the guy who has social anxiety and lives isolated for years now. I may feel like I do not belong to the "normal humans" community (not because I'm not human, but because I'm not "normal"), yet I would never sacrifice my own self, my consciousness, to join a community of alien invaders. No one would.
Despite all that, the movie is a fun ride. The direction is very competent, especially with the "no dialog" challenge. As a movie, is a good one, you will find it entertaining. As a communication media though, it fails. Miserably. So turn off your brain if you want to watch this one. And enjoy.
Total 6/10
- Direction 3/5
- Acting 3.5/5
- Script or story 1.5/5
- VFX 2/5
- SFX 4/5
- Music 4/5