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Movie
Name/Year: Vivarium
(2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Length: 97 minutes
Rating: R
Production/Distribution: Lovely Productions, Fantastic
Films, Frakas Productions, PingPongFilm, XYZ Films, Saban Films, Les Bookmakers,
Shaw Organisation, The Jokers, Ukrainian Film Distribution, Vertigo Releasing, A
Contracorriente Films, Concorde Home Entertainment, Lumix Media, Umbrella
Entertainment
Director: Lorcan Finnegan
Writer: Lorcan Finnegan, Garret
Shanley
Actors: Imogen Poots, Danielle
Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Côme Thiry, Senan Jennings,
Eanna Hardwicke, Olga Wehrly, Michael McGeown
Blurb
from IMDb: A
young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a
mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
Selina’s
Point of View:
It’s extremely
hard for me to write a review of this film. Mainly because I’m having trouble
staying awake.
I’ve never seen such
a heavy sedative dressed up as a cinematic experience.
My expectations
weren’t to blame, either. I wanted to see it. I figured it would have a slow
pace and lean a little more toward the cerebral. I was ready for it. I got the
recommended amount of sleep last night, I had a healthy breakfast, even my
sugar numbers are well within range. I made sure I was ready for something slower
that I would have to THINK about.
It wasn’t what I
expected. It’s not actually a thinker. It could have been, but the creators
took the story in a weird direction and it lost all the lessons it could have
held.
The only way
Vivarium
met my expectations was in its pacing – it’s very slow.
It’s also not
nearly as original as I thought it would be.
Way too often, throughout
the film, I found myself wishing I was watching Episode 150 of
The Twilight
Zone (1959-1964).
“Stopover in a
Quiet Town” is one of my favorite episodes of the series and
Vivarium feels
like a longer, boring, pointless version of the same story. Yes, the ending is different
– but the way “Stopover in a Quiet Town” concluded is much more fulfilling.
I don’t think we
needed
Vivarium. If it had taken a more psychological look at the story,
we’d be having a different discussion.
If you’re having
trouble sleeping, and Tylenol PM doesn’t do the trick, this might be the way to
go. If you’re actually interested in something fulfilling, just flip on the aforementioned
episode of
The Twilight Zone. It’s shorter and a much better watch.
Rotten
Tomatoes Critic Score – 72%
Rotten
Tomatoes Audience Score – 38%
Metascore – 64/100
Metacritic
User Score – 5.2/10
IMDB
Score – 5.8/10
Trust
the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 1.5/5
Movie
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