Zack Rizal

The minimalist style with it's pale, pastel colors may not be to everybody's taste. I quite liked it though. But if you make such an artsy-fartsy movie, it better has some substance to go with it. This is where the movie falls royally short. In fact I would call it a new benchmark in absolute stupidity. There is so much wrong with the (largely nonexistant) plot, I don't know where to begin. Warning, here be spoilers! The plants are grown in a "secure" lab with access restrictions and safety measurements. At one point we see Ben Whishaw's character disinfecting the soles of his shoes after coming out of the greenhouse. Still they think a rag held by elastic bands around the ears is totally fine around experimental plants with possibly dangerous pollen. Despite all this security, the main character brings one of those experimental plants home to her son and put it in his room, wide open without any security measures at all. Even when she strongly suspects the plant may be harmful and even after her son shows strange behavior, she still leaves the plant in his room. And for some reason she still is not "infected" herself. The other colleague who pretends to be infected (without even knowing what that means) exposes herself at a totally random point without any reason or consequences. Two kids have no problem breaking into the "secure" lab during nighttime and stay undetected. They also steal a plant which is noticed by the staff later but does not really seem to worry anybody. The only reason I was watching this to the end was my hope of a finale that would make sense and maybe explain some of the holes that were left open. No such luck though. There is no real ending, it just peters out and then it's over. If you like earshattering Kabuki-style music, soul-less acting, gaping plotholes and movies that make no sense at all, absolutely go for it. Avoid otherwise.