Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this movie. It was incoherent, with far too many ideas and political messages trying to be crammed into it’s run time.

It would have been better if Mark Ruffalo’s character was either just a politician or just a religious cult leader, although, on reflection, maybe this was commentary on Trump’s seemingly cult like following? Even if it was it didn’t work well in this movie.

Toni Collete was criminally wasted, her character more or less pointless other than to provide some, initially amusing but quickly tiring comic relief with her obsession with sauces.

Pattinson put in a good performance as the various Mickeys but none of them were particularly likeable. The exception being M18, who was supposed to be a vicious psychopath, but came across as the only one in the entire film who actually responded anywhere near reasonably to the situations he faced and ultimately proved to be the hero of the piece by offing the main protagonist, sacrificing himself in the process.

Ultimately, I feel that Mickey 17’s most serious flaw is that it was boring. I felt like there was no sense of peril, despite the situation, minor issues seemed to crop up and then be forgotten about or solved without any real hardship. Several of the twists and turns went nowhere or seemed to happen for no reason (Mickey’s temptation with Gemma for example). At no point did you think, “they might all die”, and it was all just a bit of a lark.

In summary, strong performances from all the leads (Ruffulo, Collete, Pattinson and Ackie) and strong visual design couldn’t save this film from being incoherent, unfunny and boring.

5/10

As a sci-fi nerd, film buff and leftist, this movie was pretty much made for me, but I only found out about it about 2 days before it was released. Seems to me that they didn’t push it at all. I only saw it because a friend of mine had a spare ticket.

Unfortunately, we found the movie boring, incoherent and, for the most part, unfunny. I really loved parasite so was very disappointed that this missed the mark so badly.