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Vivarium

2019

Lorcan Finnegan

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

5.7

12,848

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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	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,"	POS
United States	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."	POS
United States	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."	NEU
United States	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"	POS
United States	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"	POS
United States	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."	NEG
United States	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)"	POS
Australia	Travis Akbar The Curb	"An interesting, very original film"	POS
	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."	POS
United States	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."	POS

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