If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It was terrible. Boring. No plot. Waste of time. The music was off. So many people said it was great and that it was underrated. I wouldn't give it more than 2 stars. Ugh.

I'm not expert in watching movies but It's a bad movie i rated 3 just for the new idea other than that i did not enjoy it at all

This is the latest in "Brave New World" inspired films. The scene is post "Great War" when 98% of the planet became uninhabitable. The world was divided into two. There was "The Peninsula" which we saw only in pictures. It was a world of regular people eking by. Our Brave New World society has developed without emotions and they are concerned with spending resources on space exploration rather than maybe help folks on the peninsula. A disease called Switched on Syndrome (SOS) happens when genes suddenly allow emotions. At this point you could write the script and perhaps do a better job.Kristen Stewart got selected to play a person that hides emotion in order to avoid the option of a "pain free death scenario." This was a boring film from start to finish. The characters had no character by design...and when they got SOS they strive not to show any character.Guide: No swearing or nudity. One "coupling" scene.

Throughout my entire first watching of the film I was left with the impression that this movie takes place in the same universe as Equilibrium. Same plot line. Same history. So instead of feeling like this movie is a copycat, I went with the idea that it is just another story line from the same time-line. This makes it easier to watch. That being said, this movie is basically just a string of recognizable ideas. I would never describe it as original, or surprising. It seemed like the love child of many different well-known stories. The movie was brilliantly filmed, however. And the main actors did a fantastic job. It was fun to watch from beginning to end; compelling, interesting, and emotionally moving. It is worth a watch.