Boring, soulless, by-the-numbers young adult film. Most of the sci-fi is irrelevant, the really interesting ethical issues glossed over, and the ending made no sense except as sequel-bait.

I don’t recall the book being anywhere near this bad, but maybe I was just younger when I read it?

A wonderful film. Denis Villeneuve does a great job of making everything seem appropriately big: it feels like the world is in turmoil, that events are significant, etc, but without it being over-the-top. The plot is clever, and gives you bits to piece together after you’re done. The soundtrack adds emotion in all the right places. My only problem with it is it’s a shade too slow in the middle: there’s a bit too much exposition, and it struggles to hold my attention.

Oh, damn. I didn't know anything about this going in, and I think that was the right move.

Great script, great acting, great music, great set pieces. There's a bit of a Bong Joon Ho vibe to it. The only downside is it's really hard to convey why it's so good.

Hmm. Didn't meet my expectations, but it was mostly OK, I guess?

I feel like Bong Joon Ho's films normally leave you room to think for yourself about the contents, but Mickey 17 doesn't really. Everything's mostly cut and dry, or explained via exposition.

Dragged in the middle, and had a bunch of little side stories that didn't really seem to add that much. And the US political stuff just felt clumsy and out of place... I'm here for sci-fi not SNL skits.