Evolution

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Sam N Evolution left me weirdly hooked and a bit confused. It’s a slow, creepy watch—really striking to look at, but it keeps things pretty vague. I liked the eerie vibe and all the strange, squirmy moments, though it did get a bit frustrating. Classic Hadžihalilović—answers not included. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review Cody H Masterpiece! Many will hate this film, but this film is a six star master piece. It is something you have never seen in your life time. The story brings questions and doesn’t give the answers, in a way of eerie storytelling without a normal storyline. Everything feels strange, breathtaking, uncomfortable, the highest of brilliance at work in a utterly blended chaos. The cinematography is beautiful. People will hate this film because they are used to expecting a story with answers from A to B, but this intelligence of this way of storytelling goes beyond what the common human will be able to understand. And when the credits roll, you will be thinking what the hell did I just watch. And that’s exactly the point of the entire film! Only for the 1% on Earth that is evolved so far to understand a film such different than anything else. Masterpiece. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review Audience Member Wonderfully crafted, but unfortunately the story didn't really get to me. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Taylor L It wouldn't matter if this movie was dubbed in Swahili, you can watch any five minute segment and immediately know that it's French. Evolution is a film that refuses to stick to what the audience might want, for better or worse. The dialogue is minimal and the storytelling is frequently visual as a result, told in small increments that deliver horror through an IV drip as you're forced to think about what each revelation might mean once it's challenged your assumptions about the plot. There are endless long, static shots that are beautifully composed and framed, but they are still long, static shots, and they are listless and low-energy given the setting - a small, isolated community where unpredictability lurks beneath a placid surface. Evolution has a creative premise and is well-composed, but I just found the narrative structure and slow pace alienating, at least with this first viewing. If I were in a "let's slow everything way down" mood, I might have called it a masterpiece. (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/13/22 Full Review Dale B Other than the beautiful cinematography, there isn't much to see here. I enjoy 'different' movies but different isn't always good, and this is exhibit A. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/21 Full Review Audience Member This is one of those movies that I feel generic critics feel obligated or somehow pressured to give a glowing review due to certain artsy aspects and it being so obviously an independent type movie. I found it often dull, tedious, nauseating and more than a little twisto, as Lenny Bruce would say. All those long held shots that for me added nothing to the effect the director seemed to be going for. And it's repetitious; how many times do we see a kid being taken to a room for some twisted procedure, then see them back in bed in the room with the other boys? Too much was left with no sense of what or why. They writhe around on the beach in some snake or earthworm-like orgy then impregnate a little boy who isn't even in full puberty yet so they can possibly birth some Mongoloid-looking creature? Disturbing? Yes, but not in any productive cinematic way for me. 2 stars Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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