Spoilers after first two paragraphs:
Filled with bunch of really nice scenes, including one of the best opening scenes, great use of sound and overall imagery, and Jodie Comer! Some scenes are shot so well, you can almost feel the dampness in the air.
Despite all this, the movie never quite picks up! It's a slow burning movie, which keeps promising but doesn't really deliver. It was great to see the post-apocalyptic world from the perspective of a new mother. There are some brilliant and even heart-wrenching scenes scattered around. However, the movie doesn't quite seem to tie together these bits and pieces.
Spoilers ahead.
Overall the narrative would appear to be leading somewhere, but before it reaches its peak, it peters out or is cut-short.
For example: the shelter section, things start building towards something, you see the progression, and then it is cut-short. Same pattern for the commune section, narrative is just starting to dip into what it is like to be there, but it cuts short again! Then a relatively quick and easy return to the main city (easier than one would think it'd be).
*Somethings which personally irked me*
(1) This is a post-apocalyptic world. People are practically killing each other for food. But there seems to be no issues for cigarette supply whatsoever! I'd think cigarettes would be treated like a currency in this damp, flooded, post-apocalyptic world.
(2) In all these absolute chaos, apparently the woman is carrying a lot of different onesies for the baby! Again, I'd assume that it is difficult to carry weight while they are walking/running for miles and they'd rather carry food/water than a lot of clothes. And we are also talking fresh, new and super clean onesies, different patterns each time! :p It somehow just takes the viewer out of the scene because it juts out so much!
*Climax*
This was the final nail for me! The husband magically appears in the end, perfectly healthy, and everything is well! ... ok! :p.
Filled with bunch of really nice scenes, including one of the best opening scenes, great use of sound and overall imagery, and Jodie Comer! Some scenes are shot so well, you can almost feel the dampness in the air.
Despite all this, the movie never quite picks up! It's a slow burning movie, which keeps promising but doesn't really deliver. It was great to see the post-apocalyptic world from the perspective of a new mother. There are some brilliant and even heart-wrenching scenes scattered around. However, the movie doesn't quite seem to tie together these bits and pieces.
Spoilers ahead.
Overall the narrative would appear to be leading somewhere, but before it reaches its peak, it peters out or is cut-short.
For example: the shelter section, things start building towards something, you see the progression, and then it is cut-short. Same pattern for the commune section, narrative is just starting to dip into what it is like to be there, but it cuts short again! Then a relatively quick and easy return to the main city (easier than one would think it'd be).
*Somethings which personally irked me*
(1) This is a post-apocalyptic world. People are practically killing each other for food. But there seems to be no issues for cigarette supply whatsoever! I'd think cigarettes would be treated like a currency in this damp, flooded, post-apocalyptic world.
(2) In all these absolute chaos, apparently the woman is carrying a lot of different onesies for the baby! Again, I'd assume that it is difficult to carry weight while they are walking/running for miles and they'd rather carry food/water than a lot of clothes. And we are also talking fresh, new and super clean onesies, different patterns each time! :p It somehow just takes the viewer out of the scene because it juts out so much!
*Climax*
This was the final nail for me! The husband magically appears in the end, perfectly healthy, and everything is well! ... ok! :p.