Originally Posted by Lilo
Originally Posted by Irishman12
Originally Posted by Lilo
Vivarium
If you know anything at all about the behavior of a certain bird species and/or Irish mythology then this movie's story was very heavily foreshadowed or possibly even spoiled in the first 15-30 seconds. The film might be considered an extended metaphor about the pointlessness of modern suburban life but I thought it worked much better as a modern day Twilight Zone episode. It probably ran on a little longer than necessary. Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots are a gardener and school teacher couple who find themselves in a situation that is unexplainable. It starts with them getting lost. Their day goes downhill from there.

Any more plot description would venture into spoiler territory so let's just leave it at that. This movie isn't quite as intelligent as it imagines itself to be but I appreciated that despite the plot being somewhat predictable the film had the courage to not explain every little thing or force the expected ending. This film was low on special effects or gore but high on creepiness/weirdness. This is something that were it a book, could have been written by Bradbury, King or Lovecraft.


Thanks for the review Lilo. I saw the trailer for this. Worth a watch or pass?


I thought it was marginally worthwhile. It was unsettling. It would have been more effective with a shorter run time. It is a film that likes to show rather than tell. Dialogue is minimalist once the viewer gets into the meat of the story.


Ok, thanks for the feedback!