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David Cronenberg investigates transhumanism once more in this sci-fi horror - not to be confused with his 1970 film of the...
David Cronenberg investigates transhumanism once more in this sci-fi horror - not to be confused with his 1970 film of the same name - starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Scott Speedman.
'A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, which alters their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it.' (Official synopsis).
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Camp, icky and weird, David Cronenberg's return to body horror will please anyone wanting to see either organs harvested as performance art, unlikely performances from its all-star trio of leads - or both.
80 %286 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
50 %167 reviewsAudience score rating
"This slow-paced, action-light film... is an unmoored, dreamlike meditation on the filmmaker’s recurrent topics: transgressive sex, art and politics, nightmarish visions of organic matter."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"It’s marvelous to have Cronenberg back and to behold his undimmed, unparalleled skill at welding the formulations of horror and science fiction to the cinema of ideas."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The film offers up more mysteries than it solves. Still, riveting work from Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux... will draw the curious to this Neon release."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Pure, essential Cronenberg..."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"It’s an extraordinary planet that Cronenberg lands us down on, and insists we remove our helmets before we’re quite sure we can breathe the air."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Provocatively feverish stuff from the dearly missed vintage annals of Cronenberg."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Crimes Of The Future feels authentically part of the filmmaker’s uniquely weird oeuvre... even if the low-energy, overly-talky, oddly open-ended script doesn’t hit the heights of his ’80s heyday."
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Total Film
Total Film"It’s a body-horror movie that keeps growing new “ideas.”"
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Variety
Variety"There’s more than enough here to hope that Cronenberg still has a masterpiece or two yet to (emerge)..."
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Time Out
Time Out"There's not much to grab onto logic-wise, because so little is revealed. That leaves Cronenberg's gifted cast to pile intrigue and emotion on a mostly blank page."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Crimes of the Future is silly and elegant, and it might make you squirm a little..."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"(Unlike Crash) there’s no shock of the new in Crimes of the Future."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"It is immediately one of the great mysteries of cinema that a film featuring mutant ballet dancers, open-air surgery and eroticised wound-licking could be punishingly dull, but the veteran director David Cronenberg has managed it."
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The Times
The Times"But a Cronenberg sketch – and that’s what it feels like – offers more to chew over than most bloated epics."
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times"There are a lot of long conversations which ultimately don’t say a great deal."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Some will balk at the slow pacing... but with committed performances, humour and twisted imagery, it’s Cronenberg at his best."
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South China Morning Post
South China Morning PostCrimes of the Future | Details
- Rating
- R18, Graphic violence, sexual themes, nudity & graphic content that may disturb
- Runtime
- 107
- Genre
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- Canada, France, Greece
