I liked the movie, but have thoughts now that I am done with it.
Loved it…but the ending. Ugh. I haven’t seen Save the Green Planet, the movie that this is a remake of. Looks like it shares the ending more or less.
Oh…she was an alien and Teddy had it all correct?
I think that actually might detract from the movie. It’s not like he was partially right, he had everything right including models of their ship. He, uh, was truly a genius of sorts that accurately analyzed the situation and came to the correct conclusions.
I don’t think the ending sinks the movie, but I was disappointed. This was no “Sixth Sense” type twist for me. More like a, “Oh…yeesh…oh…meh, ok.”
Anyone else seen it?
I loved it as well. The ending pleased me greatly. The actors were terrific in their roles.
I enjoyed it a lot, but I agree the ending was a bit too on the nose. It’s in the top half of Lanthimos films for me, but not quite as good as Poor Things.
Many Lanthimos films (Poor Things, The Favourite, and this movie in particular) are comedies at heart, which many people don’t appreciate when first introduced to one of his works.
It opened in theaters in late October and is still playing in a theater I consider a “bellwether” for the Oscars (its in a high end mall on the Westside, a lot of industry folks attend it, and, as an example, Anora played there continuously from October to March in 2024-25 which in retrospect was a definite signal). If it is still playing there in January, it’s going to be a serious contender come awards season.
Jesse Plemons gave one of the best performances of the year. Hope he gets an Oscar.