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Antiviral

2012

Brandon Cronenberg

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith ...

5.8

2,031

Thriller. Sci-Fi Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"It's darkly comic, confused, authentically nasty, and ultimately fails to create its own future world."	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Eventually the clammy spell of this handsomely designed but solemnly paced movie begins to wear off, and you long for a little action or at least some fresh air."	NEU
United States	Megan Lehmann The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s a topic ripe with potential, and the younger Cronenberg takes off down some gratifyingly weird alleys (...) An overly mannered approach throws the pacing off"	NEU
United States	Kevin Jagernauth IndieWire	"'Antiviral' is bursting with visual flourishes and ideas (...) The film’s momentum and sense of suspense is constantly being held back rather than enhanced, by the actors’ delivery"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anthony Quinn The Independent	"Cronenberg Jr's imagined dystopia conjures some vividly horrible sights, though his screenwriting lags some way behind"	NEU

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