MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

floyd beck The movie reminds me of slow drivers on the interstate that go slower than the 40 mph minimum. There is only 5 min of dialog, and 76 minutes of super slow scenes. In fact, you can watch grass grow faster than this movie.The story is absolutely stupid because it is not credible. Just like a joke has to contain some truth in order to be funny, a movie has to do the same (cartoons are the exception). If you make a movie where a real giant squirrel jumps from Mars and eats the earth and it takes 81 mi minutes to finish, you will get some 10/10 ratings, but not by me. In summary, the movie is similar to modern art, where a painting with only a round dot is considered superb and exquisite.

TrTm316 Metaphor, my rear end. Regardless of how the director came up with the idea, Evolution is a straightforward science-fiction horror film, and very satisfying. Any philosophical symbolism you wish to read into it is just an added bonus.Of course it's uncomfortable, kids are in peril. And the boys do seem somewhat interchangeable. They should, since interchangeable kids perfectly suit their role in the adults' scheme. And yes, the kids seem to lack joy and vitality -- that is exactly how kids raised in an emotionally and physically dull environment develop. Kudos, Mme. Hadzihalilovic!I do enjoy films like Home Alone, but portraying the kids in Evolution as precocious conquerors would have been absurd. Instead, after the underlying premise is accepted, we get a very credible sequence of events. Not everything that's going on is obvious at first. Horror - in the classical usage, creating a sense of dread - continues to build, and the story concludes in a believable way.What becomes obvious after reading other reviews is that a number of televisions, movie screens, and possibly eyewear need adjusting so viewers can actually see what's going on. Where the boys came from is obvious from Nicolas' drawings from memory, and from the final scene. Where the "women" came from is not; this is science-fiction, we accept their existence as an initial truth. That the women are not merely "disfigured" is obvious both from Nicolas spying on one through a door, and from a night-time scene that is sexual only in the purely biological sense. From this scene and subsequent developments, any birder ("birdwatcher") recognizes the obvious parallel with Brown-Headed Cowbirds (Cuckoos, to our European colleagues). So, only modern technology makes possible the women's activity? Wrong! Cowbirds use multiple hosts, and life evolves.A non-trivial percentage of the movies I enjoy happen to include sex, violence, profanity, inebriation, and irreverent crassness. Evolution has none of that, and it was a pleasure to experience.

A.O. Watson Where do I apply to get that 80 minutes of my life back? I don't mind the occasional artsy/high-in-symbolism film but it must at least have a plot line or a message. This has nothing except symbolism which makes it fall apart. The only redeeming thing in this whole mess is the potential talent of the main character of Nicholas.

kosmasp It's tough to call this a horror movie, because some will expect something completely different. It's more of a mystery thriller with horror touches. If you though Under the Skin is horror, with Scarlett Johansson and liked that movie too, you probably will like this one also (because of a similar vibe, not because of themes that are colliding, but it may touch the same nerve as well).While it's slow burning and cooking, that fact may annoy and disappoint people. But if you stick with it, the movie will reward you. It's a strange story and movies that have the heart to go different directions should be rewarded. Or at least enjoyed for what they are. Hopefully something you can dig while watching