No pun intended for the title but owh my god! This movie is creepier than Sinister and it is not even a horror movie! Many disturbing images and scenes, preying not on blood or disgust but the fear of the unknown. The fact that you won't be able to fully understand those scenes is unsettling. And adding in some incredible background music, goosebumps ceaselessly appear.
However I wasn't really engaged in the storyline. The arch of the story isn't huge enough for me to attach to the main character. I thought may be I was so adapted to the formula of main stream movies. I say this because this is certainly not a movie for everyone. Firstly, it is rated R. Secondly, it does require some brain power to follow, at least it is how I feel.
Then I saw a french movie critic saying, the synopsis kinda gave away the main twist and it might explain why I was not engaged in the movie. If audience has not know from the beginning that she is an alien, the payback might be higher. If I have not known that she is an alien, her strange behaviour would have drive me crazy by searching in vain for answer. But since I know, throughout the movie, what I only did was I kept anticipating her to reveal her true form.
I would consider this movie as pure sci-fi, same category as most of Kubrick's movies. The only Kubrick's works I have watched is 2001. Is this as great as 2001? I don't think so. As much as I say 2001 is boring, I still like it though. This one not so much. It feels a bit pretentious at some time, trying too hard to be meaningful and profound. May be I am just too ignorant to understand it. The truth is if it is not for Scarlette Jo, I won't go to see this movie in cinema. And yes I admit, the main reason I went for this movie is primal : I like Scarlette Johansson.
In the end, I don't like it but the creepy factor is well constructed.
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