I did enjoy this, it's quite a simple story and it's very slick.
My only real problem was that I just didn't buy Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. I felt like there was no chemistry at all there and they were both so deadpan it didn't feel real. There was no movement at all on Cate Blanchett's face.
The other characters had more layers and I really enjoyed them, Naomi Harris especially.
The friend I saw it with thought that…
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Mickey 17 2025
It is 2hrs 20 and could have lost 20 minutes, it does go on a bit at times.
There are some very funny scenes involving Mark Ruffalo and Toni Colette, who are both great.
I did enjoy how quirky it was, but kinda wanted it to be a bit more thinky like a Philip K Dick adaptation, which it did have some of the feel of.
Sort of Heinlein (Starship Troopers) crossed with Dick (something like Total Recall..)
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