Nick - This movie opens up cold and it stays cold throughout. If you're interested in exposition you'll be slightly disappointed. Subtly is an art form and when done correctly it can spark many thoughts and raise questions that you'll be dying to answer. Although this movie is filled with subtly the story is wrapped up in a nice tight bow that you can look at and think, "That's nice." I'm very back and forth with this movie. The sci-fi elements frustrated me, the rules are translucent and when you think you figured something out they introduce a new factor. But what the director did a great job in handling was the tension. On the edge of my seat for a lot of scenes. Can't say I loved it, can say I liked it. 7/10
Ally - This movie seemed like it was going to be really interesting, but it never really got there for me. Things kept happening that were cool and seemed like they were going to lead somewhere exciting but they never really did. By the end I had the same understanding of what was going on as I did when the movie started. I had high hopes for it and as a whole it was unfortunately pretty boring to me. 4.8/10
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Alex - 6/10
I saw this a couple of months ago. When the story was still a mystery, the film worked really well. I loved flipping back and forth between "Is the boy special?" and "Are these people crazy?" But as soon as they started revealing things and wrapping it all up, it fell apart.
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