Farrel

Boring. Slow. Self-indulgent. But not worthless. I am disappointed that violated my principle that if a movie is going nowhere by 35 minutes then it not worth hanging on.

The movie is boring, very boring. It has a modicum of redeeming features but they are thoroughly smothered by the tedious boredom. My wife loved it so be warned that I may simply be a concrete emotionally shallow individual. The movie is a science fiction romantic drama set in a time where operating systems and artificial intelligence have developed so far that one can have a relationship with one's operating system. The movie explores the Utopian and dystopian consequences and compares and contrasts them with the current human status quo that we are all currently familiar with. 1 part comedy 2 parts fascinating computer science fiction exploration 1 part beautiful design (beautiful workplace, interesting elevators, nice apartments) 2 parts good acting 2 parts lush cinematographic city scapes. 126 parts excruciatingly boring emotional schmaltz that just goes on and on. Unquestionably, the two highlights were: 1) the Toblerone chocolate triangle my friend gave me and 2) the end when I got to walk out.

If you are 20 years old and have seen 30 hot pursuit movies then this move will be fantastic. However, if you have seen 100 such movies in your life then this will be boringly formulaic. If you are wanting to see the stunning Cape Town, rather go watch a travelogue.