Lucy

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Simona G In sci-fi, what grounds the story is not realism, but science — facts, theories, and general knowledge that help us engage with the questions the film raises. And that’s exactly what Lucy does: it begins and ends with a philosophical idea. “Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?” “Life was given to us a billion years ago. Now you know what to do with it.” This open-ended question is paired with the visual metaphor of cellular life and human evolution. I personally love how the film opens and closes its narrative — it gives a sense of completeness, like a full-circle thought experiment. Were there poorly executed moments? Yes. Was it still a good movie? Absolutely. Everyone will have different examples of flaws, but for me, one was the moment when Lucy’s hair changes color and shape — it felt random and disconnected from the tone. Another, more meaningful critique: her physical appearance staying the same even after her body starts to fall apart on the plane. We watch her slowly lose her humanity from the inside out — emotionally & intellectually — but that scene was the perfect chance to show it physically too. It was a missed opportunity to make her transformation from mortal to immortal more complete. In general the director uses associative montage and visual metaphors not to show us what Lucy sees, but what she feels. He mirrors her rapidly evolving consciousness — the expansion of perception, knowledge, and existence itself. Lucy transforms from a physical being into an immaterial form of energy, knowledge, and awareness — something like a universal computer, a god, or pure consciousness. And all of that is open to interpretation. In my opinion, Lucy delivers a great visual experience, a decent story, and a strong performance from Scarlett Johansson. The way she effortlessly sheds her humanity as her brain capacity increases is insane — and oddly beautiful to watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/27/25 Full Review three n Yeah yeah, this is not a movie for great Art. It's a fun movie that gives you something to think about. Clearly low rated reviews are from people who didn't get it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/24/25 Full Review Nicholas D The horrible writing is only made worse by the scientific atrocity’s Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 Full Review Mitchell S I don't believe in evolution, and this movie proves once again why we can't be God. But it's a fun hypothetical action thriller, and as always, Scarlett Johansen kills it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Ted B 3.0 stars; An intellectual film trip about the meaning of human existence along with a superpower style movie... not a superhero movie. I kind of wish it would have made up its mind which one it wanted to be. It was an okay film. I just wasn't in the mood for a scientific lecture about my existence. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review Calvin O When I first saw the trailer, I thought this would be some kind of superhero movie - maybe not saving the world, but some kind of origin story. Well, as it turns out, I was wrong. Apparently "superpowers" don't always equal superheroes in cinema. That's actually very good. I'm glad that this didn't turn out to be some mindless superhero action movie with ray guns and all that stuff, even if this isn't on the same level with the actually deep, astonishing science fiction movies. Cinematography was astonishing. The effects were good, and most of the scenes were very clear, and it was easy to keep track on what was going on and were. Lucy is slightly interesting as a character, but only because of this mystery around her. We don't know who she is, we know only small things that are kind of useless little facts. But all that interest I had in her vanished after she started to change into this typical godlike character who is in some way superior to others, and just knows everything, knows how to do everything, and then just sits there and explains things we don't know about our word so expressionlessly it's almost painful. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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