Vivarium reviewed by Mark Kermode

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  • Опубликовано: 26 мар 2020
  • Mark Kermode reviews Vivarium. A young couple looking to buy their first home find themselves trapped in a nightmare neighbourhood of identical houses.
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  • @Doupyourflies
    @Doupyourflies 4 года назад +179

    If you've ever puzzled over where estate agents come from, this film documents their life cycle.

    • @cat9448
      @cat9448 4 года назад +9

      lmao

    • @cjwcymru
      @cjwcymru 4 года назад

      Brilliant yes..just watched it

    • @retrojimmyx
      @retrojimmyx 4 года назад +1

      Very witty! Superb.

  • @all_consuming_images
    @all_consuming_images 4 года назад +40

    Thank God for a real film analysis video instead of another "ending explained" video

    • @langreeves6419
      @langreeves6419 Год назад +2

      Especially since the ending needed no explanation.
      The ending was obvious from the beginning of the film.

  • @smikabis2717
    @smikabis2717 4 года назад +38

    It's not a kermode review without an exorcist reference

  • @lalalepus
    @lalalepus 3 года назад +15

    I watched this whilst in hospital and unable to leave, definitely the environment you watch it in, the greater the impact....loved it

  • @azuregiant9258
    @azuregiant9258 4 года назад +78

    This film really amplified those fears of being trapped, life wasted, never being able to reach ones true potential in life, turning into something that reflects a lesser life lived.
    I don’t think there needed to be some great twist, or answers to questions......and I usually feel irritated by films that are open ended, or lack explanation , if it feels they’re that way because the writer couldn’t think of a conclusion.
    I feel the horror of there being no answers.....nothing at all....no taste, no atmosphere, no context, no reason, no success, no failure, no friends.....adds to the stifling nothingness. This is my worst fear!

    • @Ryantheman2023
      @Ryantheman2023 4 года назад

      Saaammmeee

    • @z_a_r_c_o
      @z_a_r_c_o 4 года назад +2

      It seems to me to reflect something like existentialism. Clearly Gemma and Tom are stuck in Yonder and after almost 100 days of trying to get out, when they truly realize they are stuck, their actions reveal a lot about their psychology (Tom literally begins digging his own grave)

    • @shaibullard8870
      @shaibullard8870 4 года назад +1

      This movie sucks and pointless

    • @clockpenalty
      @clockpenalty 4 года назад +3

      @@shaibullard8870 just like life

    • @loanhongle74
      @loanhongle74 3 года назад

      I AGREED WITH ALL OF YOU. VIVARIUM IS WROST MOVIE EVER BECAUSE OF LORCAN FINNEGAN AND GARRET STANLEY. WE ALL HATE VIVARIUM >:(
      ALSO. THIS NOT A JOKE
      MARTIN IS VILLAIN
      NOBODY ESCAPE YONDERS BECAUSE OF LORCAN FINNEGAN AND GARRET STANLEY. I HOPE THEY WILL GET ARRESTED. AND WE’RE ALL VIVARIUM HATERS

  • @5ynthesizerpatel
    @5ynthesizerpatel 4 года назад +20

    The hyperreality, the the way the couple resign themselves to being trapped in something that is simultaneously mundane and at the same time terrifying, and that sense of moving towards horriffic inevitability reminds me of La Cabina by Antonio Mercero.
    But La Cabina was condensed into a 30ish minute horror short -and I get the feeling that this could and should have been similarly condensed - like an hour long Outer Limits or Twlight Zone episode rather than a feature length movie

  • @Curotos
    @Curotos 4 года назад +6

    As someone who is super picky about what movies I watch this movie absolutely blew me away, a fascinating and terrifying concept that was executed beautifully!

  • @elcal9600
    @elcal9600 3 года назад +9

    i really enjoyed this and didn't think it was too long. i honestly believe that people's attentions spans are decreasing. i loved the surrealism and uncertainty of it and was reminded quite a lot of another film called "Enemy"

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад +1

      i loved this too. imo a lot of one-trick stories feel stretched too thin ... but i think this perfectly explored the boundaries of the idea. and to my delight ... i wasn't screaming at the tv "why don't you try X" for a change. they really tried all the things. you saw the boundaries of the trap, but the idea was complete enough to sustain a movie length exploration of the characters' trajectory. many film makers try to show off their skills by making a sparse, atmospheric movie work ... but reveal they don't have as much skill as they think. i struggle with attention span, but this really held my attention

  • @pikeflowed
    @pikeflowed 2 года назад +4

    It illustrates a lifeless vacuum ; the terror of inescapable mundanity, a disturbing surreal nightmare in blazing sunshine, housed at n0 9....the 9th circle of Hell perhaps...the film has a lot to say about the possibilities of human life and the limitations of a regimented, " expected " life of how others wish you to live and behave and " fit in ", a kind of group-hysteria " Vertigo " as someone or something makes you into what they want you to be while stifling freedom of choice, the crushing of dreams and an utterly ruined future and settling for less in an eternally compromised world, I think its a Great film with many questions asked and many yet to be answered, a fascinating insight into the " inhuman condition ".

  • @davecsaszarable
    @davecsaszarable 4 года назад +25

    Clever review. The guy realized that he was digging their own grave was something profound

  • @retrojimmyx
    @retrojimmyx 4 года назад +6

    Now I know how the reed warbler feels. The film is superb but for me, illustrates that nature contains more horror than we imagine.

  • @RadonX9
    @RadonX9 4 года назад +28

    "I can't believe I used the word 'relatable'."

  • @ZohebChirammal
    @ZohebChirammal 3 года назад +3

    Could not help but think whether is this what our pets feel like. We think we are providing them a happy life but are they actually sad that they are unable to be a stray animal spending time with their own kind!!!!

  • @fromdeepitcame
    @fromdeepitcame 3 года назад +2

    Best film of 2020

  • @rungus24
    @rungus24 4 года назад +4

    4:27 I reckon it was the sound of an orange falling from a table onto the floor. I'd be interested to hear what any of the rest of you think.

    • @TheEvenBiggerPicture
      @TheEvenBiggerPicture 4 года назад

      It was closer to the microphone than the floor, more likely a pen falling on paper

    • @greglynch391
      @greglynch391 4 года назад

      😂 Yeah, there’s something of the half full water bottle about it

  • @stephenhunt7760
    @stephenhunt7760 4 года назад +8

    Kermode is spot on here. I really enjoyed the film, very clever with little hidden messages throughout. Not sure why it has some poor reviews, at least it’s original.

    • @tonyhart2961
      @tonyhart2961 2 года назад +1

      Not enough explosions and superheros

  • @peterfichtner1
    @peterfichtner1 Год назад +1

    I loved this movie and felt it was very tight and didn’t waste any scenes. Each scene felt crafted to hammer home the point. And I liked that the script was very short and there wasn’t a lot of talking. Talking is wayyy overdone in movies imo and doesn’t feel real life to me.

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      yes! it was tight. sparse movies usually feel like they've been padded out to fill time, because they're made by dull uninventive people. this really felt like every foot of film was carefully put to good use

  • @TheFatwelder
    @TheFatwelder 4 года назад +1

    It reminded me of the Frederik Pohl story "Tunnel under the World"

  • @unhallowed45
    @unhallowed45 3 года назад +3

    We’re not supposed to get answers just like the characters.

    • @fromdeepitcame
      @fromdeepitcame 3 года назад

      and who needs it. A spaceship lifting off or a portal to another dimension would have been a great way to make this film completely forgettable

  • @zamiadams4343
    @zamiadams4343 2 года назад +2

    Such a brilliant film, really creeped me out.

  • @sorscha1308
    @sorscha1308 2 года назад +1

    I did like it. The only problem was they were in #9 and that reminded me that the Inside #9 boys could have done this just as effectively in half an hour.

  • @meursault7030
    @meursault7030 4 года назад +10

    Films are getting good again, it's cool.

    • @alansmithee4927
      @alansmithee4927 4 года назад

      Especially horror movies

    • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
      @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

      @@alansmithee4927 Fast forward 3 years later, as in now, and no, not really, this just happened to be a gem

  • @lornaginetteharrison7168
    @lornaginetteharrison7168 4 года назад +30

    ‘Inside No.9'?!!
    Edit: I guess we’re *ALL* "inside no.9" now!😳🦠🦠🦠

  • @unhallowed45
    @unhallowed45 3 года назад +2

    People look too deeply into the film. They’re one of many that are lured into a mock-up environment to raise aliens to so they can acclimate to earth.

  • @sharkzoomer
    @sharkzoomer 4 года назад +23

    Why is everyone complaining about the lack of explanation? That's the thing that makes this movie special, it doesn't lead your hand and tell you what to think, there's lots of room for imagination and making everything explainable and clear is exactly what would make this movie just another bland alien film, it would take the entire cosmic horror feeling away and you'd probably forget about it two days later. It shows you enough to guess that there's aliens and the lack of answers is the scary part.

  • @WarlordRising
    @WarlordRising 4 года назад +1

    I don't think the film entirely stuck its landing, but it's undeniably striking in a visual sense. This director is going places. As for the explanation of the plot, it rests within the title. Google the definition of Vivarium. The film is more of a comedic satire than a horror film, imo.

  • @unicron24
    @unicron24 4 года назад +24

    its like the lives everyone lives, work ,sleep ,eat, repeat . then die, then someone new moves in and the cycle repeats.

    • @farizsidik3740
      @farizsidik3740 4 года назад +1

      Are you psychic? its true

    • @austinmcilree3148
      @austinmcilree3148 4 года назад +1

      yeah... thats the point of the movie, they want you to think that. Very upsetting and dramatic movie tbh

    • @unicron24
      @unicron24 4 года назад

      @@austinmcilree3148 makes one think, and enjoy there family..

    • @austinmcilree3148
      @austinmcilree3148 4 года назад +1

      @@unicron24 nah it makes one think of how life is just reproduce eat sleep repeat and die, how there is no meaning in life and everyone dies and no one will remember you.

    • @unicron24
      @unicron24 4 года назад

      @@austinmcilree3148 well the dude that was digging found the other body, thats sorts of rememering

  • @davidcarney1827
    @davidcarney1827 3 года назад +2

    Watching it now...I like it. Its very creepy

  • @commieRob
    @commieRob 4 года назад +6

    I haven't seen it yet but I'm glad I saw this review. I don't mind a script with a lot of empty space as long as it's well constructed and I don't have myself wound up for a faster pace. Will save this one for an introspective mood.

    • @iHaveTheDocuments
      @iHaveTheDocuments 4 года назад +4

      Just saw it, it's great. The open space in the script is to really drive home how it just dragged on for them

    • @austinmcilree3148
      @austinmcilree3148 4 года назад

      @@iHaveTheDocuments the movie sucked

  • @b1na276
    @b1na276 4 года назад +7

    so what would have happened if they killed the baby in the first place?

    • @PatchGuilf
      @PatchGuilf 4 года назад +2

      Deliveroo brings another box baby I'd imagine

    • @jaythebadguy6984
      @jaythebadguy6984 4 года назад

      @@PatchGuilf then kill em all

    • @flissgf2015
      @flissgf2015 4 года назад +1

      @@jaythebadguy6984 would bring another meaning to throwing some baby back ribs on the barbie

    • @jaythebadguy6984
      @jaythebadguy6984 4 года назад

      @@flissgf2015 🤣🤣🤣🔥🍖

  • @iggyhiggins8250
    @iggyhiggins8250 4 года назад +5

    I watched this last night. Excellent performances by the lead actors. It was an interesting premise but I felt the film dragged from half way and there were too many unanswered questions by the end. It could have been a lot better. Given our current circumstances it's an ideal time to watch this movie. 6/10.

  • @hectorluisrj
    @hectorluisrj 4 года назад +4

    Ok. So in the end the movie was about how aliens abduct humans to raise their young. And the only explanation is what she tells the girl in the beginning about the kookoo: it’s just nature

  • @NickHunter
    @NickHunter 4 года назад +1

    wait... is relatable not a word?! and hey why don't you guys do the review over video call?

  • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
    @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

    Also, had no idea the main female character was the same female actress/daughter, cast in the movie '28 days later'.

  • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
    @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

    I've always wondered what weakened, then eventually killed the surrogate parents, here's my theories.
    1. The soil, I do believe the soil, or clay, that the 'Tom'? or the male character was digging up was toxic.
    There's a scene, early on during digging, where camera zooms in on odd clay like soil
    2. The food, I do believe the food lacked proper nutrition to sustain human life, but makes you wonder how the alien kid was able to survive and thrive, since it, or he, was eating the same stuff.
    3, Maybe sped up time?
    I mean since the alien kid grew up like puppy dog speed, maybe being in that dimension sped of the aging process on the couple as well.

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      imo it's irrelevant to the story. the story here is that they have been tricked into hosting a parasite, and in the typical callous nature of the parasite, the process is incidentally fatal to the host ... but the parasite is the product of countless generations, and not only difficult to escape, but embraced willingly. the exact mechanism is a less interesting story

    • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
      @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj Месяц назад

      @@5naxalotl Interesting...

  • @nabukuma
    @nabukuma 4 года назад +1

    Movie buffs, do you know any films like this? :D I love surreal/supernatural movies about feeling trapped with very few actors/locations. I love “In the Tall Grass”, “The Hole In the Ground”, “The Others” etc. I recommend the Korean film “Hansel and Gretal” to those who want something like Vivarium. I really need more to get me through the quarantine :)

    • @JohnSpawn1
      @JohnSpawn1 4 года назад +2

      I haven't seen this one, but if you want surreal/supernatural films about feeling trapped, then I would highly recommend Roman Polanski's apartment trilogy (just pirate them if you feel uncomfortable about his personal life). The most famous one of the three - if you haven't already seen it anyways - is Rosemary's Baby. Another example (clearly influenced by Polanski) is the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink. Since you mentioned The Others, I'd also point to classic haunted house films such as The Innocents as well as more contemporary works such as The Orphanage. Your comment also makes me think of thrillers, for example all the Hitchcock classics mostly (or exclusively) set in one location such as Rear Window, Lifeboat, Rope (among others). Unfortunately I'm only familiar with one of the films you listed, so I had to go by your description of the kind of films you're looking for.

    • @ShreeNation
      @ShreeNation 4 года назад +1

      Color out of Space.

    • @reubencanningfinkel5922
      @reubencanningfinkel5922 4 года назад +2

      DAVID LYNCH FILMS, or Riley Stearns' stuff too. Sam Esmail? Sebastian Hofmann? Park Chan-Wook? Neil Blomkampp? Maybe not the best recommendations. But I'd check these fellas work out! Jennifer Kent is great. Obv there's Wes Craven, Carpenter and Cronenberg but that may not be quite right either.

    • @majimasmajimemes1156
      @majimasmajimemes1156 3 года назад +1

      The Divide is also similar in theme

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      oh i really liked The Others. what a neat little setup. i also love Severance, and one of the very best time loop movies in Palm Springs. maybe have a look at I Am Mother

  • @chriscunningham8703
    @chriscunningham8703 4 года назад +2

    I really enjoyed it 👍🏻

  • @bigbuttmcgraw
    @bigbuttmcgraw 4 года назад

    I think he got the explanation spot on. Although he could have gone further. For instance, taking responsibility for the child that wasn't planned for.

  • @suncity22001
    @suncity22001 11 месяцев назад +1

    I thought it was an autobiography of jimmy carr but I wasn't paying much attention

  • @doovoo14
    @doovoo14 4 года назад

    Anyone watch Incendies?? Definitely worth watching!!!!

  • @loserscorner6746
    @loserscorner6746 4 года назад +9

    David Byrne in once in a lifetime 😂🤣 classic Mark

  • @krisgage7142
    @krisgage7142 4 года назад +7

    We are in lockdown in New Zealand perfect isolation movie...I could relate to the fact its just the same people in the bubble.. All self isolating just like me and my family

    • @karimchiguer3926
      @karimchiguer3926 4 года назад +1

      That's what related to, the idea of a real lockdown, not a chance to meat anybody at all.

  • @loic.bertrand
    @loic.bertrand 4 года назад

    Where can we see the film?

  • @mezcaltalk4354
    @mezcaltalk4354 3 года назад +1

    tripppyyyy movie!

  • @alansmithee4927
    @alansmithee4927 4 года назад +4

    What’s wrong with using the word “relatable” lol

  • @sebm8075
    @sebm8075 4 года назад +27

    The final act falls apart
    So much set up but no answers
    5/10

    • @danlo215
      @danlo215 4 года назад +3

      Yip, i found it dull

    • @ethanfoster2512
      @ethanfoster2512 4 года назад

      When she got the book I thought we were getting somewhere but then it’s just like, the guy who dresses the same and has the same hair as the real estate agent... is a real estate agent

    • @shaibullard8870
      @shaibullard8870 4 года назад +1

      This movie is weird and pointless 🤦🏾‍♂️ and they don't even any answers to what's going on or why it happened

    • @notimportant3686
      @notimportant3686 4 года назад

      no answers to WHAT questions?...

    • @meursault7030
      @meursault7030 4 года назад +1

      I think they probably explained too much.

  • @hopydaddy
    @hopydaddy 4 года назад

    If you liked this movie as much as I did, then also watch The Incident. It will blow your mind.

  • @petarded8529
    @petarded8529 4 года назад +1

    The Cuckoo bird theory makes a fair amount of sense.

    • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
      @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

      Not really, I mean why weren't the aliens able to raise their own offspring?
      Especially if they looked so human like.

  • @Xalgucennia
    @Xalgucennia 2 года назад +1

    You know, this might sound crazy, but for the right kind of person, this isn't necessarily a bad fate,
    Let's say you're a person close to retirement, and you are in financial trouble, without any significant friendships, would it really be so bad to just be whisked away and given a free house and food, (however tasteless) to live out the rest of your days in return for some light parenting duties?

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      a weirdly good point. a lot of host/parasite relationships feel acceptable to the host, through eons of evolution, even though it's ultimately destructive ... and possibly because their brain has been rewired

  • @amaebarnes
    @amaebarnes 3 года назад

    How did the woman die?? She just all the sudden died, there wasn't much indication that it was going to happen other than her coughing a few times

  • @luketomlinson2672
    @luketomlinson2672 4 года назад +33

    Interesting premise, cool visuals, good first
    act and setup then nothing, paperthin metaphors shoved down your throat,
    cardboard cutouts of characters and an utterly underwhelming climax, I
    felt numb and empty at the end of the film, such a promising start
    turned into a below average episode of the twilight zone with an ending
    you can see coming 45 minutes in.
    5/10, poots was the best part and Eisenberg was underutalised.

    • @cassandragaston5213
      @cassandragaston5213 4 года назад +3

      Allan Tomlinson 100%. Just finished this and it was so blah and underwhelming.

    • @conflictmagazine
      @conflictmagazine 4 года назад +2

      Then you got exactly what the film was trying to say. It is the nightmare of suburbia...it's about the trip, not the destination as a film. It expresses in horrifying simplicity the modern ideal of living and what it does to people psychologically.
      I think it did exactly what it was supposed to do.

    • @vickirosstudor490
      @vickirosstudor490 3 года назад +1

      Totally disagree. Can’t wait for the sequel.

  • @seagull8415
    @seagull8415 9 месяцев назад

    A good movie that should have been an excellent episode of black mirror

  • @audiodead7302
    @audiodead7302 2 года назад

    Good review of a good movie.

  • @paragoncumulus6636
    @paragoncumulus6636 4 года назад +5

    I have to agree with Simon on this one. Saw it at a film festival last year and the general vibe I got from the audience was that they (and me) lost interest somewhere around the half-way mark when it was clear that it had said and done all it was going to do.

    • @twitchizle
      @twitchizle 4 года назад +3

      That cloud in your profile is not real right? Btw woof woof. Woof

  • @MarkGodfrey73
    @MarkGodfrey73 2 года назад

    I loved this film

  • @CURVEDGLASS123
    @CURVEDGLASS123 4 года назад +1

    The music doing the heavy lifting. Brilliant.

  • @nicheman3612
    @nicheman3612 4 года назад

    I saw the director's short film Foxes that Kermode mentioned here and it was very generic and lacklustre. A lot of short films today fall into "the moody alienation montage" mode where the whole story is just a succession of vaguely ominous scenes of characters disconnected from each other with a droning soundtrack. I know because I fell into pretty much the same trap with my first short film.

    • @nicheman3612
      @nicheman3612 4 года назад

      @@southlondon86 Haha if you're being sincere thank you for the interest. My second short is very different but it is currently still in post-production - not sure if it will be much good but at least it's not generic.

  • @Aydin9780
    @Aydin9780 4 года назад +5

    You really need to have done a lot of psychedelics and a open mind to see how deep this plot could really be,and what it could be insinuating!

    • @thedogs3467
      @thedogs3467 4 года назад

      Aiden B YUP

    • @Aydin9780
      @Aydin9780 4 года назад +1

      @@thedogs3467 sheds light on how easily we can be prayed on in our very on dimension.. People don't know how fluid this 'idea' of life really is..we absolutely have no clue, but what I do know is that most go on without even noticing of its possibility to excist.

    • @z_a_r_c_o
      @z_a_r_c_o 4 года назад +1

      My thoughts exactly. All I could think was how terrifying that scene when he picked up the sidewalk would be if I was tripping ballsack

    • @ashrashtash
      @ashrashtash 3 года назад

      My thoughts exactly

  • @Rex-dk1rx
    @Rex-dk1rx 4 года назад +16

    It will go down as a cult classic give it a few years and people will get it

    • @hopydaddy
      @hopydaddy 4 года назад +4

      Only intelligent people will get it. The dumb ones who can't think already don't like the movie because it's unsettling to them.

    • @shaibullard8870
      @shaibullard8870 4 года назад +1

      It's pointless. It's creative but pointless

    • @vickirosstudor490
      @vickirosstudor490 3 года назад

      SHAI BULLARD - You mean, like life? Pointless. Sorry the film went over your head... clearly.

    • @Rex-dk1rx
      @Rex-dk1rx 3 года назад

      It isn't pointless it is a sci fi movie the estate agents are aliens they are parasites and need us to create a new one to carry on existing. But it also has ago at how the human race work for things then die

  • @dougo891
    @dougo891 3 года назад

    I wanted to know where Gemma buys tampons❗❗😎

  • @SweWolf74
    @SweWolf74 3 года назад +1

    Good review. I just saw the movie yesterday. Nah, it wouldn't be worth watching this film at the movies. It felt much more like an episode of Twilight Zone, Outer Limimit, Black Mirror.... My only comment about the characters now is: it really didn't feel like they were eaven trying to do the best of the situation...

    • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
      @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

      Me, I love solitude, had I been in that situation, it probably would have seemed more like heaven to me, I'd of been exploring all the other houses for sure though.
      Also, I wish they gave a better timeline to how long they were there.

  • @ishastrega6851
    @ishastrega6851 4 года назад

    The token reference to "The Exorcist" by the Good Doctor is delicious at 5:44.

  • @danthsmith
    @danthsmith 4 года назад +7

    Stop bringing everything back to the exorcist!

  • @AB-xd8hm
    @AB-xd8hm 4 года назад +6

    The movie is literally (literally literally) one creepy idea stretched out way too thin. And it's a shame, because there was actually plenty of unused potential with this weird setup.

  • @misaelsilvera4595
    @misaelsilvera4595 3 года назад +1

    Social media

  • @A7Mutation
    @A7Mutation 4 года назад

    Is it me or was one of the main themes of the movie poking at her thinking about sleeping with the boy. Showing how her husband didn't want to, or couldn't have sex, was the un brought up factor throughout the whole movie.

    • @Picnicl
      @Picnicl 4 года назад

      I did think it was going to result in him telling her "you've always told me you're not my mother anyway" and them being a new couple after Messy Jesse dies.

    • @A7Mutation
      @A7Mutation 4 года назад

      @@Picnicl Right lol

    • @Picnicl
      @Picnicl 4 года назад

      I also guessed early on what the boy would become, although I assumed it was the exact same person in a timeloop rather than another version.

    • @ummmmmactually
      @ummmmmactually 4 года назад +2

      It definitly had some oedipal vibes, I must say; not in a sexual way but in the mythological one. The paranoid father who wants to kill the son; the son triumphing in the end while also sleeping with the mother. Of course this should all be taken with a grain of salt...

    • @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj
      @RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj 6 месяцев назад

      @@ummmmmactually Nah, don't project into the film/movie, what's already in your mind. (I say that objectively).
      Cause I watched the same movie, and in no way shape or form, imagined what you did.

  • @paulyhart
    @paulyhart 4 года назад

    re·lat·a·ble
    /rəˈlādəb(ə)l/
    adjective
    1.
    able to be related to something else.
    "the growth of the welfare state will be clearly relatable to the growth of democracy"
    2.
    enabling a person to feel that they can relate to someone or something.
    "Mary-Kate's problems make her more relatable"

  • @amberlopez7477
    @amberlopez7477 4 года назад +3

    I wouldn't call it a great movie. It's a weird one.

    • @MTart96
      @MTart96 4 года назад

      Amber Lopez you say that as if those are exclusive qualities.

  • @leftyla
    @leftyla 4 года назад +11

    The third act was messy. It's like they didn't know how to end it.

    • @MegaUtube99
      @MegaUtube99 3 года назад

      My liking for the movie dramatically collapsed once the third act began

    • @adamjondo
      @adamjondo 3 года назад +1

      Loved the Act 3 climax. It squared the circle with horrifying inevitability.

  • @lelouchoftherebellion3420
    @lelouchoftherebellion3420 4 года назад +2

    I don't think it's aliens people

  • @TheStarBlack
    @TheStarBlack 4 года назад +3

    Ok so it's not about aliens, it's not even sci fi really, it's just supposed to be an allegory for adult life and settling down in suburbia.
    I find it so sad that anyone would feel raising a child is anything like what these characters experienced. You'd have to be suffering some serious mental health issues or personality disorders to have this little empathy or connection with your own child.
    I know its exaggerated for the film but if that's the message they were trying to get across, there's something really wrong with the writers.
    Raising a child is the single most life affirming, heart warming, depression beating job anyone can take on. A child is not some alien creature. They are a part of you.
    I'm sorry but the film falls down on this point and there's really nothing else to say for it. Yes we all work our whole lives for our kids and then we die. But in the meantime we get to share our lives with them, we love them unconditionally and we receive unconditional love in return. Our existence would be far less meaningful without the years we spend with our kids.
    I hate this film!

  • @myriadpath
    @myriadpath 4 года назад +1

    I was so puzzled by the cuckoo bird scene, I had no idea that actually happens in nature! So was it's use in the film simply a symbolic foreshadow of the dynamic between "the boy" and our protagonists? Or is there more to it?

    • @ShreeNation
      @ShreeNation 4 года назад +1

      Whatever they are, they just use other people to nest their young. "Its just nature."

    • @BlackSheepScreaming
      @BlackSheepScreaming 4 года назад

      I think (in my understanding/interpretation) of the movie, that it was both foreshadowing and something more. One example,watch again the beginning of the movie when the (i think) black haired woman SUGGESTED to Gemma that they SHOULD hurry because market's going through the roof, and not to be LEFT BEHIND , and Gemma responds by accepting that, pay attention,when Gemma says YEAH, in that moment you can hear a distinct birds chirping. Symbolising that what we just witnessed implanting one idea,(one cuckoo's egg) into Gemma's life. It happens at least one more time in the movie,can't remember,watched it three times so far. Clearly,i come from the branch that sees this movie metaphorically. We're just a tool for nature,for our governments,society,system.. and by that our life is full of Cuckoo's eggs. yes,it is an extremely dark,terrifying movie (interpretation). Remember also the little girl saying "I don't like nature,it is terrible". Yes the movie is done bit in a Lynchian light (dark :D ) so that you can interpret it in your own way. All we know for sure is that everything in the movie is thought through very well. Sorry for the rant lol

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      tbh i think just foreshadowing. imo a lot of people are slow to recognise a parasitic relationship so the cuckoo reminder helps. and probably not enough people are horrified by cuckoos. and i just realised there's an old cartoon where the baby bird (chicken?) is huge and it suddenly makes sense to suspect an alien imposter

  • @normasanchezimatrix
    @normasanchezimatrix 4 года назад +3

    Great movie

  • @5easy
    @5easy 4 года назад +15

    Looks like Jude law lol

    • @NickHunter
      @NickHunter 4 года назад +11

      I can't unsee that now ffs...

    • @jeffebdy
      @jeffebdy 4 года назад +1

      @@NickHunter Same!

  • @Picnicl
    @Picnicl 4 года назад +1

    I hate movies that do not reward beautiful slowness (which it does have) with payoff. (yes, I like to think them being in house number 9 was a nod to Inside No 9.). This movie should not have included sci-fi horror elements. The horror is suburbia, is getting trapped in a TV meal kind of life. Many of us are trapped in this horror. That is the horror. They would have had more of a horror if it was theoretically, but not psychologically, possible for Imogen to escape which, in turn, meant that Jesse was psychologically held back from escaping, entirely because of her needs. This would have been more of an examination of how the world became more female-centric after World War 2, to the detriment of some males. I wouldn't have cast Jesse though - I have no sympathy for his dumb blank performances. I also would have had other people live in the community who immediately, and for no apparent reason, ignore them and speak an indecipherable language which makes the couple feel like aliens. The suburbs as the ultimate example of the banality of evil. Banality is the most evil kind of evil because if you fight it you give the impression of being domineering, argumentative, dangerously radical, 'selfishly' passionate rather than 'selflessly' logical. If you live in a post World War 2 suburb make no mistake - you are in a mind numbing container, a flattener of dreams.

    • @tegridygone6185
      @tegridygone6185 4 года назад

      my horror would be living in a big city

    • @Picnicl
      @Picnicl 4 года назад

      Big cities have suburbs too. But at least their city centre is lively. It's more English towns I'm thinking of - the suburbs here can be banal and lazy.

  • @pauloliver1842
    @pauloliver1842 4 года назад

    iits a weird one i promise you ... in some ways it promotes child endangerment

    • @skydog106
      @skydog106 4 года назад +1

      Quily Aston damn, how many times are you going to comment the same thing?

  • @b1na276
    @b1na276 4 года назад

    woof woof woof

  • @yv3652
    @yv3652 4 года назад +1

    Flippen eck.I thought the picture was Jude Law in a wig !

  • @looloowhiskey
    @looloowhiskey 4 года назад

    First cookie in town

    • @looloowhiskey
      @looloowhiskey 4 года назад

      @booseyhey first view on the video chum

  • @brunofm58
    @brunofm58 4 года назад

    Guys, search the meaning of number 9!!!

  • @troubledsoulsa8920
    @troubledsoulsa8920 4 года назад

    i'm just left with a lot of questions after watching this movie. I thought that book would have all their answers and that lady didn't push it out of that lil boy until he grew up and didn't even tell the boyfriend about that neck thing the kid did and who he claimed to be with...seemed like he was with some toad demon of some sort

    • @KT-yl9wc
      @KT-yl9wc 4 года назад

      The boy was imitating a cuckoo bird (his boss?) and that explains the neck thing. Also, I think the boy was acting as if he is a baby bird that's why he likes to scream a lot

    • @troubledsoulsa8920
      @troubledsoulsa8920 4 года назад

      @@KT-yl9wc if they can't rise their own babies how are they making them in the first place?where was he going and who was he meeting when he went out everytime that lady did a terrible job at tailing him she stayed too far behind and lost him

    • @KT-yl9wc
      @KT-yl9wc 4 года назад

      @@troubledsoulsa8920 based on what I understand, that boy is not human! It could be anything (aliens? bird acting like humans?) But one thing is clear, they control everything thats why Gemma and Tom can't do anything! If you search the word vivarium, it is an enclosed box where animals are placed for observation and research. So that thing (alien/supernatural?) is just studying humans and had similarities to a cuckoo bird where they leave their eggs to other bird's nest and the mother bird will raise that cuckoo egg until it reaches its full grown size without knowing that it's not hers and will eventually leave her!

    • @troubledsoulsa8920
      @troubledsoulsa8920 4 года назад

      @@KT-yl9wc yeah that makes sense hence the first part of the movie with the birds

  • @jaywonder5155
    @jaywonder5155 4 года назад +2

    This film felt more like a comedy.

  • @victoriafelix5932
    @victoriafelix5932 4 года назад

    Real toads in imaginary gardens...?

  • @abrahamnasiri7684
    @abrahamnasiri7684 4 года назад +1

    I know how cliche this will sound but the film was clearly about the journey not the destination. I for myself got my answer during the first scene with the kid. for me it was bingo this film is about how kids suck the life out of their parents lol but instead of the frustration being stretched for 18 years if not more it was all condensed in a year time. Now imagine that! it's ad astra for couples with children. the only thing this film didn't deliver for me is a teen scene :(

  • @joelfildes5544
    @joelfildes5544 3 года назад

    Hammer house of Horrors

  • @SpettroFamily
    @SpettroFamily Год назад

    I think this is a good movie with good actors but...nothing special - my opinion

  • @Picnicl
    @Picnicl 4 года назад +6

    She looks like Jude Law and he looks like a lesbian.

  • @melissaewing2170
    @melissaewing2170 4 года назад +4

    Its a interesting plot it just fails to live up to that interesting factor

  • @cragb3334
    @cragb3334 4 года назад

    But he can't act. Mention that

  • @anthony68
    @anthony68 4 года назад +14

    Just watched it,it was terrible avoid at all costs trust me the only thing that was good about it was the performance from Imogen Poots

    • @twitchizle
      @twitchizle 4 года назад +5

      There wasnt any idea. Also it was too annoying.. especially the screams from kid. I was nearly fall asleep.. 0/10

    • @1yyyh
      @1yyyh 4 года назад +2

      Anthony I was left confused but I agree it was kinda boring when the kid started growing up it was just him growing up but like the same type of topic every time but yea it wasn’t as good as I thought it was gonna be from looking at the trailer

    • @anthony68
      @anthony68 4 года назад +3

      A l It just led to nothing with no explanation either it was very odd I thought it was promising at first but then it just declined rapidly

    • @_sereyb_3411
      @_sereyb_3411 4 года назад +2

      Anthony was such of waste of time and money

    • @anthony68
      @anthony68 4 года назад

      _basicbxtch_ Agreed

  • @richardjo01
    @richardjo01 4 года назад +2

    Am I the only one who thought they had an Abortion and are in hell for it? When they're in the place the boy keeps calling her mother, also it says if they raise him they will be released which they never are, as they never brought up the child in the real world

    • @5naxalotl
      @5naxalotl Месяц назад

      yes you're literally the only one

  • @bartjeyeyo
    @bartjeyeyo 4 года назад +20

    Film leaves you nothing but a big wtf. Dont bother with this

  • @stephenkissane4268
    @stephenkissane4268 4 года назад

    Exorcist reference!

  • @petepumpkin8418
    @petepumpkin8418 4 года назад +5

    shame ther wasn't a happy ending

  • @ien2023
    @ien2023 4 года назад +3

    The movie was too repetitive. The script could of been written more interesting way. It is a definitely an anti-soccer mom movie.

  • @James69813
    @James69813 3 года назад +1

    I'm going to make a comment and then give you a challenge. I hate this movie. I think it's shallow deep: It pretends it has something profound to say when it's actually banal and trite. The challenge for you is to read this and not attack me personally for having a differing opinion. If you liked it I am glad. Peace and love to everyone!

    • @princessshay77420
      @princessshay77420 3 года назад +1

      No challenge here! I literally feel the exact same way about this movie, and I'm really glad I came upon this comment, because I hated this movie and this is exactly how I was thinking put much more elquently 🙂. I'm actually relieved to find someone else who has the same opinion, lol. 😁

    • @James69813
      @James69813 3 года назад +1

      @@princessshay77420 It's nice not to feel alone. Thank you! 😊

  • @BlockChainOriginalGangster
    @BlockChainOriginalGangster 4 года назад +2

    Stay away and don't watch this movie 😒

  • @James69813
    @James69813 3 года назад +2

    This movie is ridiculous. It ties everything up in a neat little bow: He dug the hole so they could be buried in it. Neat. Done. Lame. Boring. Waste of time.

    • @vickirosstudor490
      @vickirosstudor490 3 года назад +1

      Lol ok... I thought it was brilliant and thought provoking. Sorry to hear it went over your head.

    • @James69813
      @James69813 3 года назад

      @@vickirosstudor490 You always say everything goes over everyones' head. You think you're smart but if you were, you'd probably have a variety of ways to call people idiots for having a different opinion than you.

    • @vickirosstudor490
      @vickirosstudor490 3 года назад

      Stelga - I’m entitled to my opinion just like you’re entitled to yours. And my opinion is this: If you thought the writers of this movie put together a “lame”, “boring” and “waste of time” film as you so eloquently put it - then in my opinion, you’re a feeble-minded simpleton who couldn’t grasp the concept.

    • @James69813
      @James69813 3 года назад

      @@vickirosstudor490 Sorry but I thought the personal attacks were okay. You seem to think so. You must be a lonely cellar dweller with a tail. Kind of smell like rotting cottage cheese right? Stop licking every window you see. Hey these ad hominem attacks are fun, you ratchet mouthed slag.

  • @cruddddddddddddddd
    @cruddddddddddddddd 4 года назад

    Poots pooted.
    Edit: would y’all believe I’m in my 30s?

  • @naughtymonkey1563
    @naughtymonkey1563 3 года назад +1

    Weird for weird's sake, devoid of any deeper meaning. Imogen Poot's beauty aside, it's an exercise in vapid crap. It's a superficial commentary on nothing at all. Also, the film's title belies any mystery involved. Look up the definition of the word 'Vivarium' and the entire plot is essentially revealed. Derivative crap. Lynch or Fincher this most definitely is not.