rallder19

I'm giving this a straight five out of ten. Incredibly mediocre movie. I can't even see children enjoying this, to be honest, regardless of it being a family film. Extremely average plot. So much so that it feels like Chat GPT wrote it in 30 seconds. The acting is so incredibly bland it honestly feels like a student film with a decent budget. The progressive car commercials are more engaging with their acting and that's saying something. There isn't a single character in this movie you're rooting for or care about and the motive of the film is so mundane and ridiculous you wonder if they came up with it like a school assignment you procrastinated with and wrote it the night before.

Very boring 5/10.

This movie tries way to hard to take itself seriously and as a result just completely falls apart. The actors all try to play their part by just being extremely over the top dramatic. It's to the point where you just get angry with them because you just want them to act like normal human beings. A few scenes try to portray trauma as certain characters experience things and it is so over the top it doesn't even reflect how people process trauma in real life. In many other scenes the characters just don't seem to be using their brain at all.

My biggest issue with the movie was how long and drawn out the characters reactions to things are. If they are reacting to a supernatural light or an alien, etc, they just turn around so slowly it makes you want to scream at your TV. Say two of the other characters are looking up into the sky and clearly see something. Then a third character just stares at one of them for like maybe 10 seconds (seemingly confused as to why they are staring in a general direction)... then slowly they stare at the other one for like ten seconds... as if they are still unaware what the other two might be looking at.. but I mean come on. In real life if you see multiple people staring up at something in shock how does it take you nearly half a minute to realize they're looking at something. Then that third character takes a full 30 seconds to slooooowwwlly turn around, after they finally realize there may be something these 2 people who are staring in the same direction are looking at.

Like, my god people.. such a frustrating movie. The cinematography was good as well as the use of lighting. That's the only positive thing I'll say about this movie.

I really tried to give this a chance. I saw all the negative reviews but I decided to give it a shot anyway because it seemed like an interesting premise.

Picture this.. a movie about scientists that is filmed in the same style as The Office without any of the comedy or any characters you connect with or care about. Of course, I'm not trying to say I expected comedy, obviously, but was just trying to set up a field of reference for the flow of the movie.

Nothing actually happens until the 3rd act of the film and, even when it does, there's no build up or climax or anything.

There's no actual real "story" here.. more like a bunch of low-grade actors playing scientists that just talk to the camera and try to explain what they're doing.

Summary: "A film shot like The Office but with zero comedy and follows scientists portrayed by poor actors that attempt to explain what they're doing in a dry uninteresting way. Provides no build-up, no climax, no character development."