Oxygen

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Oxygen

2021

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Oxygen is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent, 6 Underground, Inglourious Basterds), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn't remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.

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Critics Consensus

Oxygen gets the white-knuckle maximum out of its claustrophobic setting, with director Alexandre Aja and star Mélanie Laurent making this a must-watch thriller for sci-fi fans.

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Viewers expecting standard sci-fi might be a little put off by some of its more unexpected choices, but Oxygen is tremendously creative and rarely less than engaging.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

All I will say is that after watching this movie you will want your passwords etched in stone.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 1, 2021

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Absolutely pulpy, but gripping and well-done...

May 24, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

"Oxygen" takes us on a thrilling voyage and lands at an unexpected destination.

Rated: 3/4

May 20, 2021

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Anya Stanley

Vague Visages

Oxygen’s relevance strikes like lightning in a year when time is measured less by Earth’s tilt and more by first wave, second wave, red phase, yellow phase; not by time passing daily, but by how much danger remains in the room.

Jan 8, 2024

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

Starring a superb Mélanie Laurent, Alexandre Aja’s Oxygen is both a claustrophobic survival thriller and an introspective drama about memory, identity, and the ethics of scientific advancement.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 15, 2023

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Oxygen is a phenomenal example of one-location filmmaking done right. Brutal moral dilemmas, surprising discoveries about the mysterious protagonist, and a fantastic one-woman show from Mélanie Laurent keep the slow, flashback-heavy narrative engrossing.

Rated: A-

Jul 24, 2023

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Audience Member

This film was so tense from start to finish. A must watch movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/24

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Audience Member

Liked this movie a lot. Very well directed and acted, with a unique and original story. The ending felt a little too convenient and could have been a little better, but overall I found this to be an excellent sci-fi movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Sun

The beginning is a bit confusing, but as the film progresses you really start to lose yourself in it. It's very intriguing and has a very good plot twist. I've watched it a thousand times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/24

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Alec B

The ending feels a little too easy and I wish the movie didn't feel the need to re-explain things verbally that were already clear visually. That said it is more compelling than a lot of other confined space movies and I really like the pain triggers memory narrative.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Camila R

Oxygen is a well-written film with a brilliant performance of the leading actress, but the best part is its original and well thought plot twist.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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R Z

Cool that they managed to make the entire story happen inside the pod. But the story is pretty lame. A lot of it revolves around "where's Leo?" but as a viewer I don't know who Leo is, so I don't care.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Elizabeth Hansen

Mathieu Amalric

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Malik Zidi

Léo Ferguson

Marc Saez

Ortiz

Eric Herson-Macarel

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Synopsis

Oxygen is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent, 6 Underground, Inglourious Basterds), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn't remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.

Director: Alexandre Aja
Producer: Brahim Chioua, Noémie Devide, Grégory Levasseur, Vincent Maraval, Alexandre Aja
Screenwriter: Christie LeBlanc
Production Co: Getaway Films, Echo Lake Productions, Wild Bunch International Sales
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2021
Runtime: 1h 41m

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