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Vivarium

2019

Lorcan Finnegan

Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Olga Wehrly ...

5.7

12,872

Sci-Fi. Mystery. Horror A couple looking for the perfect home, find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses. Gemma and Tom (Imogen Poots & Jesse Eisenberg) are looking for the perfect home. When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t leave quick enough. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"An unconventional, often sinister portrait of marriage (...) [It] will benefit from the marquee value of its two leads. But the film should also attract fans of smart, low-budget sci-fi,"
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] hauntingly weird tale (...) It is a superior genre piece at heart, but elevated by its high-calibre leads Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, plus a script rich in political and cultural resonance."
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] isn’t a comedy of dehumanization; it’s a starkly minimalist sci-fi parable of dehumanization. But the movie leaves the audience every bit as numb as the characters are supposed to be."
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"With fascinating performances by Poots and Eisenberg (...) 'Vivarium' holds many surprises and equally messed-up images to make it a rich script"
		Haleigh Foutch Collider	"Come for the striking set design and killer performances, stay for the immersive mystery, and leave with a crippling fear of children and nagging concerns about the universe’s cruel indifference"
		Ben Croll The Wrap	"Feeling simultaneously overstuffed and undercooked (...) It works best as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of filmmakers biting off more than they can chew."
		Joe Lipsett Bloody Disgusting	"[The script] is clever in the way that it delivers the kind of commentary about life in the burbs that audiences expect (...) The film truly belongs to [Poots] (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Travis Akbar The Curb	"An interesting, very original film"
		Jan Lumholdt Cineuropa	"[It] chillingly well executed (...) While the story itself may have worked equally well as a television episode, the splendid visuals certainly shine on the big screen. The cast is small but good."
		Gavia Baker-Whitelaw The Daily Dot	"It’s gripping and often bitingly funny little sci-fi/horror thriller—and it’s refreshingly weird compared to the more high-profile projects from the two leads."

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