Ex Machina
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.
January 21, 2015 · Directed by Alex Garland
What's been said
Viewers and critics received Ex Machina as a broadly acclaimed, cerebral sci-fi achievement, with a 92% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 78 on Metacritic pointing to strong cross-the-board approval. The performances draw the most consistent praise: critics and audiences alike singled out Alicia Vikander's eerily precise portrayal of Ava and Oscar Isaac's volatile, mercurial Nathan as exceptional, with multiple sources calling the three-lead ensemble the film's beating heart. The most common complaint targets the third act, with several critics noting the story veers from a tense film of ideas into more familiar thriller territory, and a recurring viewer gripe flags deliberate pacing that some find slow. A notable detail worth knowing: the film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects despite its modest budget of under 15 million dollars, a testament to how seamlessly Ava's partially synthetic body was realized on screen.
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