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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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

03/21/2023

Vivarium is an interesting one. It might frustrate a lot of viewers with its surreal aspects, but it's still a compelling film.

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Alyssa S

@RT49703856 1h

This is the worst movie I’ve ever seen, maybe the first 20 min are interesting and then the rest of the movie sucks because it honestly doesn’t get better…the only reason these people consented to making this movie is because they just wanted their check. I promise you it’s worse than Sharnado 100%…DONT WASTE YOUR TIME

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Stefany C

@RT84797046 May 22

This was one of the most boring movies i’ve ever watched. You watch it hoping it’ll get better but it never does and doesn’t answer any questions just makes more questions. It was a good idea but didn’t even come close to executing it properly.

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Greg S

@movie-bee Apr 30

The first 30 minutes are interesting then it is pure pointless boredom until the film mercifully comes to its conclusion. Some say it makes a pungent statement about our modern life. The movie is pungent all right, and in a bad way. You won't regret skipping this one, so don't be thinking you missed out on something relevant.

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Valentina V

@RT13723732 Apr 13

Una de las películas más malas que he visto en mi vida, desperdicié más de una hora viendo esta pésima "obra de arte", se supone que es de terror, en ningún momento me dió una pizca de miedo, es demasiado lenta y no tiene sentido alguno, si la película duraba 20 minutos, hubiese sido lo mismo…

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Jaxon H.

@Jboog427 Apr 1

Cool idea bad execution

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Maeve M

@NazReid365 Mar 27

Worst movie I've ever seen. Biggest waste of my time. Anyone could predict the ending from 15 minutes into the movie. There is no theme, plot, you just watch the same thing for an hour expecting something interesting to happen and you never see it. Attempting to be intuitive but is just unentertaining. The title of the movie doesn't even have any resolution. There is no observation of these people or an indication that they do anything with the information that was gained from having them stuck in that place. Stupid 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