Very disappointed :(

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Another title I have to classify under "Great idea/concept, terrible end product". As many others have already said, this is a mess, full of pretty visuals, philosophy and psychology, yet devoid of real substance. I am not sure that even the crew, director and actors knew what they were aiming for. Is is a thriller? A horror? A drama? Sci-fi? I can only tell you what it wasn't-deep and existentialist, as they most probably wanted it to be. Too many plot holes, some phenomenal in its scope lazy writing. People already mentioned why there is almost no logic and common sense to be found in the scientific team's actions and motives, I am not gonna repeat it. Oh, the idea behind the movie was more than promising. But instead of making a decent Sci-Fi action movie with some thriller and horror elements, or to fully go for a deeper, more philosophic film, something like Arrival or Solaris, they went for a mix of all these, failing completely to present a finished and polished end product. Plus, the pace at time was unbearably slow, further killing any joy from the movie. I give it 5 stars only because of the nice visuals, the likeable (but not memorable enough) character of the biologist, and the great premise, even though I felt dissapointed at the end.

Utter crap! What a complete waste of time. Pathetic attempt at being artistic and failing!

I watched this movie mainly because I haven't seen it yet and sometimes have trouble finding something new to watch. I had no expectations and no knowledge of the movie going in. The acting is good, the story is good, the special effects are cool, it's a little creepy in places but not unnecessarily gory and there is no bad horror. My only real issue with this movie is that there is a slight sidestory that seems totally unnecessary and doesn't have anything to do with the main plot. Other than that, it's a good flick. This movie does end with questions however so don't expect everything to be there up in a neat little bow at the end. Enjoy.

I must say, this is one of the prettiest films I've seen in a while. A lot of dough was spent on set design alone, including their psychedelic forest and Alien-like cave. The writers fell asleep on the story, though. There were too many holes to make the film truly believable, the biggest one being that everyone around the Shimmer site is wearing hazmat suits except the ladies who venture helplessly into it. The place glows like Chernobyl - cover up, dammit!Still, this flick is worth watching simply for the effects. On my 55" 4K UHD TV it looked awesome. Maybe that's why I've rated it so highly.