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If you can't remember who director Johnathan Glazer is, it's understandable. It's been 9 years since his last movie, Birth, with Nicole Kidman, which I think was pretty misunderstood for its time. Most people noticed that he had a very Stanley Kubrick feel to the way the story was told - very cold, but able to tell a huge amount of story with a minimal amount of dialogue and a penchant for creating some pretty unsettling situations while understanding the motives of everyone involved.
You probably remember his debut film - Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone and a very profane and terrifying Ben Kingsley. It's a great flick that if you haven't managed to see yet, you might seek out for a very cool gangster tale with a twist on the "last job" cliché.
This however, is way more show than tell - there's scant dialogue, and you're constantly trying to fill in the blanks on the characters' roles and motives. And the conclusions you're coming up with are often very frightening or even terrifying.
Scarlett Johanson is an alien that, from what can be gathered, is harvesting humans in order to provide sustenance of some kind - it's unclear if it's herself, other beings or for what purpose. But instead of hugely flashy special effects - the harvesting centers around alienated people and loneliness seems to be a central theme. You're seeing her as a predator doing her job, uncaring at first for the prey, but slowly coming around about the cruelty of her business.
The less said about this, the better - it's a very minimal, beautifully shot, incredibly creepy experience that will likely have you trying to figure out what you've seen. You'll understand the general story arc, but I challenge any viewers that see this to put into words what the movie is telling you. It's a haunting film (and I don't think I would recommend this for any new parents for a scene that is positively chilling to watch - as a parent myself, I held my daughter a bit tighter after watching this) that will likely have you either loving it (which will probably mean you're going to want to talk about it), or hating it.
You probably remember his debut film - Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone and a very profane and terrifying Ben Kingsley. It's a great flick that if you haven't managed to see yet, you might seek out for a very cool gangster tale with a twist on the "last job" cliché.
This however, is way more show than tell - there's scant dialogue, and you're constantly trying to fill in the blanks on the characters' roles and motives. And the conclusions you're coming up with are often very frightening or even terrifying.
Scarlett Johanson is an alien that, from what can be gathered, is harvesting humans in order to provide sustenance of some kind - it's unclear if it's herself, other beings or for what purpose. But instead of hugely flashy special effects - the harvesting centers around alienated people and loneliness seems to be a central theme. You're seeing her as a predator doing her job, uncaring at first for the prey, but slowly coming around about the cruelty of her business.
The less said about this, the better - it's a very minimal, beautifully shot, incredibly creepy experience that will likely have you trying to figure out what you've seen. You'll understand the general story arc, but I challenge any viewers that see this to put into words what the movie is telling you. It's a haunting film (and I don't think I would recommend this for any new parents for a scene that is positively chilling to watch - as a parent myself, I held my daughter a bit tighter after watching this) that will likely have you either loving it (which will probably mean you're going to want to talk about it), or hating it.
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