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I don't really understand the complaints that this film is just a one-off and a wannabe variation on Hitchcock by Soderbergh's standards. KIMI is a conceptually brilliant genre film, where a savvy filmmaker expertly conveys outdoor threats to a heroine suffering from agoraphobia and subordinates all stylistic choices to the narrative in a meaningful way. In its short runtime, it runs like clockwork and makes the most of every motif at the right time. A film from the heart and from a man who knows what he wants to tell and how he wants to tell it. And that's really not the norm. 85 %

What can I say? It tickled me emotionally, but it didn't tear me apart. It's just that, while I'm happy to wait for further developments and maybe change my mind in hindsight, I really don’t think that this is an effective and appropriate way to tell this, at its core, terribly rudimentary video game plot. I enjoyed the way Bill built his closed world the most, but it was hardly worked with afterwards. They lived in harmony for decades until Joel predicted gang raids, which eventually happened once… and then peace again. The connection to the main line was very tenuous, though I understand Joel's current psychological motivation after reading the letter. Like I said, I'll see after watching the whole series, but I'm starting to think the creators are just polishing a turd. So far, it only shows that these post-apocalyptic themes have been exhausted – it would be more appropriate to adapt the story kaleidoscope of “World War Z” in this style.

Horror for the TikTok generation. It mostly blew me away at the end because it's basically a rip-off of Aliens, where instead of a space monster there's a futuristic doll, the adult heroine learns to be a mother, and the little girl is the ultimate badass. It’s also a critique of the marketing frenzy that drives technology against humanity using emotional coercion. I had fun, but I find it ironic that it's the kind of consumerist and faddish product taking advantage of modern trends that it actually warns against