Ex Machina
Film2015108 min

Ex Machina

Taste attributes: dramascience fictionrobots/ai/spacemusic/dancethrillerslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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"There is nothing more human than the will to survive"

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly sci-fi film that is original, contained and moving. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Domhnall GleesonAlicia VikanderOscar IsaacSonoya MizunoCorey Johnson

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2015
Runtime
108 min
Status
Released
Studio
DNA Films
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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