Vivarium

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Vivarium

2020

1h 37m

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Vivarium may confound almost as often as it intrigues, but this well-acted sci-fi/horror hybrid has interesting ideas -- and explores them with style.

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Becca James

Chicago Reader

12/30/2020

Vivarium's purgatory is more clear-cut, though that somehow doesn't make it any less mysterious...

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

04/01/2020

3/5

The story comes to a flawless punchline at almost exactly 27 minutes. The snag is that Vivarium has more than an hour still to run...

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A.A. Dowd

AV Club

04/01/2020

C+

Domesticity sucks the life out of everyone. But it's thin thematic reward for seeing the wheels behind this performer's eyes grind to a halt.

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Akos Peterbencze

The Screen

12/02/2024

Starting with its pivotal opening sequence of a cuckoo pushing out hatchlings from their nest to claim it as its own, Lorcan Finnegan’s feature knows exactly what it’s doing and it uses every tool at its disposal to deliver us to a devastating conclusion.

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Ethan Gordon

InSession Film

03/21/2024

C

Even though the two tried, they couldn't overcome a script that feels both apparent and undercooked. A good idea or two can only get you so far it seems.

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

08/03/2023

8/10

Vivarium is a surprising and unique film that inspires reflection on the nature of reality and the struggle for freedom in an increasingly homogeneous and controlled world. [Full review in Spanish]

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4d

ITS A PREGNANCY NIGHTMARE . you feel like you are there with them and that's not a good thing . Its pretty much ...about having a baby.. . It was too much for me . interesting story but really dark for a movie. ...

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Valerie M

4d

I genuinely hated this movie. What a waste of time.

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Max H

4d

This was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Complete waste of time

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Burt K

6d

What a waste of 90 minutes. This movie could have had lots of potential but it fell short.

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Sabrina R

Nov 23

This movie was so bad it made me do something I never do… which is write a review. Huge waste of time, so much potential thrown out. Just writing this as a warning to people to not watch it.

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Riley L

Nov 18

This was the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I’d rather watch paint dry than watch this movie. I’d rather stare at a wall for an hour and 33 minutes than watch this movie again. Words can’t explain how bad this movie is. I hated everything about this movie.

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Director: Lorcan Finnegan
Producer: Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell
Screenwriter: Garret Shanley
Production Co: Fantastic Films, PingPongFilm, Frakas Productions
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 25, 2020
Runtime: 1h 37m

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