I thought it was a really great, and challenging film. its maybe the most minimalist sci-fi movie ever made, but I'm not sure it really is even sci-fi anymore since this technology pretty much exists now anyways.
There is very little dialogue overall, and a lot of quiet moments where the only sound is the waves crashing on the shore. Its beautifully shot and acted, especially Eva Green. Matt Smith is very good to.
This nearly 2-hour movie would have made a better 65-minute Black Mirror episode than a full-length foreign art film about the perversion of technology from grief. IDK... I can see how some might like it as an "art film." Me... Not so much... I have never been a fan of foreign filmmakers trying to have political commentaries about society touching on a possible American POV.
Not saying this movie was made strictly for Americans, it clearly isn't but it feels like they tried and with that failed miserably. That is why I said Black Mirror here. If they just would have stayed with the mental health aspects, the perversion of technology and more horror/thriller-based themes the movie might have been better than it actually was.
Now it just comes off as pretentious and morally/sexually sick. But some on here were very arrogant about wanting the film banned and whatnot. That isn't the dumbest thing I read on here in relation to the film lol. But it's whatever. It's a 10-11-year-old film now and they tend to talk about perverting tech with cloning all the time in films/shows now.
If it would have been more Black Mirror style this might have had a shot at being decent.