Mickey 17 | Film Review

Mickey (Robert Pattinson), a disposable member of a spaceship crew is put through a system of regeneration. Each time he dies, a new version of him is created with his memories intact.

This film was talked about a lot before it came out, people were really excited to see it and there was a lot of hype. I'm a big fan of Bong Joon Ho movies, so while the premise didn't grab me, I was looking forward to it.

And I ended up being quite disappointed, unfortunately.

The premise was really unique, but I was very curious about how there would be enough in there to fill out a 2hr 20 min movie, especially after seeing the trailer and not really understanding what it would be about.

It took me a little while to get into. I couldn't immediately connect with either the world or the characters.

That being said, the performances in the film were great. Particularly Pattinson, who plays all versions of Mickey really well.

It was more outlandish than I expected, and that's not a bad thing at all. In fact, it seems intentional that none of the characters or their dialogue seemed real - it added to the overall tone of this being something experimental and otherworldly.

I didn't feel that any of the characters got the correct amount of screen time. The ones I needed to see more of were shown less and the ones I wanted to see a bit less of were front and centre.

I was definitely entertained throughout the film, but I didn't really care about anything that happened, which includes caring about Mickey as a character. He was likeable, but there was nothing within or about him that I could really connect to.

The tone also didn't really work for me. I appreciate what it was meant to be, and I think it was an interesting way to tell the story, but it didn't grab me the way it needed to. I think I would need to be able to take an idea like this 100% seriously to be able to buy into everything that happened. The characters didn't feel real, the world didn't feel real, so I didn't feel invested.

Overall, this film didn't really work for me and I feel very neutral about it. It was fine, entertaining and unique but I couldn't get into it or connect with it.

5/10