Liane Aroha

Really enjoyed this. The acting was better than I expected and, though the storyline was predictable, I still balled my eyes out for the last 30 minutes. A good lazy winter Sunday afternoon movie for sure.

Enjoyed this movie. I thought the acting was solid, considering the lack of opportunity for spoken word/exposition. As a cat person I was both captivated by the cat and desperate for him to make it and wondrous at how well-behaved he was. I am confident my cats love me but equally as confident they would not have stuck with me through half of what the cat in this movie goes through and certainly not without loud miaows of protest throughout! :). I think some of the other reviewers may have gone into it expecting War of the Worlds type level action. This is not that nor, if you watch any of the pre-release press tour, is it meant to be. Personally, and even as a sci-fi fan, I don't need to know the back story of the alien invaders, it's enough that they are there and pose a threat. I rate this 3.5 stars

I watched this on a big iPad Pro in bed and the last movie I saw was Dune Part 2 in the theatres so this movie was on a hiding to nothing from the get-go. That said, I find Freddy Highmore mildly entertaining in a Rainman-meets-Bambi kinda way and Liam Cunningham has the chops to elevate anything he’s in … I gotta say I didn’t hate it, I’ll admit I second screened it but I didn’t hate it. As other reviewers have hinted at - go in with no expectations on a rainy afternoon while playing a game on your phone or folding laundry and you’ll probably finish with a grin!

Spoilers - - - - - - - "There's before bones and all ... and after ..." So says the creepy character Jake in the movie and so say all of us. Not as unsettling as the early reviews had suggested, one classic jump-scare which had me looking around the theatre to see if anyone else had been caught unawares, and heartfelt performances by both the snack (#spoiler no pun intended) that is Timothee Chalamet and the lead, Taylor Russell. A couple of scenes where Chalamet's performance actually had me crying but, while he is mesmerising to watch, IMO not a performance bigger or more delicately nuanced than Beautiful Boy. Chalamaniacs will enjoy this, Russell's fans will enjoy this and, I think, anyone who fancies a road-trip romance will enjoy it as well. I do wish Luca Guadagnino would linger more on shots of his cast - but that seems to be his style. Is this his best work? I don't think so, but then he has set such a high bar that even on an average day he is still a cut above most. All that said - did I enjoy it? Yes I did. Did it do justice to Camille DeAngelis' source material? Mostly. I did think her ending was far superior. Is it worth your movie-going dollars? Yes. Is it a classic in the vein of 'Call Me By Your Name'? Probably not.

I was on the edge of my seat throughout this. Masterfully made & acted, actually had to keep pausing to catch my breath. I didn’t recall the specific details of the actual rescue so I had no idea what was going to happen. An extremely powerful piece of cinema.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Chris Pratt was very convincing as a man with nothing left to lose. Fingers crossed for season 2!

Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. That’s it. That’s the review.