Enjay Nicolay

The good parts. The movie is visual eye candy. Gorgeous. Beautiful. If you slog through the first hour and some change, the last part of the movie was fun. It made me angry, because the previous 75 minutes was a slog. It was like two different films tempo wise. Why spend so much time sexualizing a 4th grader? It wasn’t wanted or needed for the story. I get 10 year old boys like boobs. It’s a really creepy power dynamic between an “adult woman” and the 10 year old boy. I wish the alien aspect of the woman was brought up way earlier, so I don’t feel like I needed a Silkwood shower within the first 20 mins of the film. The gratuitous beat downs by the bully classmates with the crotch grabs? It’s amine, so I guess it has to be there. I think they were lazy in that aspect too. I don’t know on what planet this is family viewing. I spent a good chunk of the time being uncomfortable with a power dynamic that if it occurred real life, the adult is doing time in prison. Someone put this on for general family viewing for a party, and it was shut off about 30 mins into the film. The kids (3 to 11) were taken to a pool, and anyone left watched the rest of the movie. It really needed better editing. The focus on the woman’s breast by a prepubescent boy wasn’t needed. Bump the age up to 16, and I have less issue with it. It is a pity. Visually stunning. The story was okay minus the I like boobies aspect of it. I can live with classmate beat downs and Three Stooges level of violence. This is a great movie to pop beers and nerd out with your anime geek friends. There are so many things to love. I would not put this on for the 11 and under crowd. It’s not a kids’ movie.