I mostly write positive reviews for movies I find to be underrated, but Kimi has gotten so many 5 star reviews (out of 6) in my country's biggest media, that I feel almost obligated to write this.
This is by far the most shallow movie I've seen in a long time. It wants to comment on the effects of technology and COVID, on society and on individuals, but these comments have been seen a lot of times already. The pandemic have been here for over two years, and therefore I felt this should have come out last year. Maybe that is why it doesn't seem original at all.
But even if it had premiered a lot earlier, I don't really believe it would have been easier to feel the character(s) journey, because of the level of shallowness in Kimi. You learn almost nothing about the characters or the relationships betrayed in the film. Kimi is just there on the screen and she talks to her mother, her shrink, her kind off boyfriend (i guess), some contractor-guy downstairs (what is up with him), a guy on zoom, who drives the plot forward etc. Etc. A guy is looking at her with goggles from across the street, which is creepy but mostly forgotten later in the film.
And then the biggest problem: It is boring! Because you feel nothing for the character(s) and the relationship, you are not engaged in the plot in any way. There are not even twists and turns or any entertaining features that would have made it an easy no brainer thriller for Saturday night. It really feels like HBO sent out an unfinished film, and it is hard to see that this is from the same man, who made Side Effects (2013).
Kimi just forgets plotlines (what happens to Brad for instance?), which annoyed me to the point where I almost turned off. The acting is horrible, especially from the bad guys, but overall bad. It seemed almost like a Movie school-project in some scenes for me. I hate to be so negative, but this is just a non interesting film...
Things I liked: The cinematography is overall decent and I liked Zoe Kravitz as Angela, but I highly recommend you skip this. If you watch it anyway, try noticing how the relationships are portrayed and how the movie just forgets things along the way. If nothing else this is an interesting case study for how not to do plot.
This is by far the most shallow movie I've seen in a long time. It wants to comment on the effects of technology and COVID, on society and on individuals, but these comments have been seen a lot of times already. The pandemic have been here for over two years, and therefore I felt this should have come out last year. Maybe that is why it doesn't seem original at all.
But even if it had premiered a lot earlier, I don't really believe it would have been easier to feel the character(s) journey, because of the level of shallowness in Kimi. You learn almost nothing about the characters or the relationships betrayed in the film. Kimi is just there on the screen and she talks to her mother, her shrink, her kind off boyfriend (i guess), some contractor-guy downstairs (what is up with him), a guy on zoom, who drives the plot forward etc. Etc. A guy is looking at her with goggles from across the street, which is creepy but mostly forgotten later in the film.
And then the biggest problem: It is boring! Because you feel nothing for the character(s) and the relationship, you are not engaged in the plot in any way. There are not even twists and turns or any entertaining features that would have made it an easy no brainer thriller for Saturday night. It really feels like HBO sent out an unfinished film, and it is hard to see that this is from the same man, who made Side Effects (2013).
Kimi just forgets plotlines (what happens to Brad for instance?), which annoyed me to the point where I almost turned off. The acting is horrible, especially from the bad guys, but overall bad. It seemed almost like a Movie school-project in some scenes for me. I hate to be so negative, but this is just a non interesting film...
Things I liked: The cinematography is overall decent and I liked Zoe Kravitz as Angela, but I highly recommend you skip this. If you watch it anyway, try noticing how the relationships are portrayed and how the movie just forgets things along the way. If nothing else this is an interesting case study for how not to do plot.
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