MaryAnn’s quick take… Absolutely stupendous: smart, funny, poignant, a true original. A thrilling odyssey of ideas that takes its sci-fi concept to the very edges of extrapolation. I’m “biast” (pro): big fan of Alexander Payne; big science-fiction fan
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are too many people on planet Earth, and we are having a devastating impact on the planetary environment. What if, instead of reducing the number of people, we just… reduced the people? This is the premise of Alexander Payne’s (The Descendants, Sideways) first foray into science fiction, and it is absolutely stupendous: smart, funny, poignant, a true original. I love this movie: it moved me in ways I wasn’t expecting and craved more of. It’s one of the year’s very best films.
An air of calm academia surrounds the announcement,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There are too many people on planet Earth, and we are having a devastating impact on the planetary environment. What if, instead of reducing the number of people, we just… reduced the people? This is the premise of Alexander Payne’s (The Descendants, Sideways) first foray into science fiction, and it is absolutely stupendous: smart, funny, poignant, a true original. I love this movie: it moved me in ways I wasn’t expecting and craved more of. It’s one of the year’s very best films.
An air of calm academia surrounds the announcement,...
- 12/20/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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