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A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
A young couple, Gemma and Tom, looking for their dream home visit a mysterious housing development called 'Mori'. They become trapped in a surreal and nightmarish suburban labyrinth, forced to raise a bizarre, unnaturally fast-growing child. As they desperately search for a way out, their sanity and relationship are tested by the uncanny and suffocating environment.
Vivarium received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised its unique concept, unsettling atmosphere, and the performances of its lead actors. However, some found the allegorical elements heavy-handed and the narrative's resolution unsatisfying.
Praised for its disturbing and original premise exploring themes of suburban dread and existentialism.
Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg deliver compelling performances as a couple pushed to their limits.
Some critics found the film's allegorical nature overly obvious and its ending ambiguous to a fault.
Google audience: Audiences appreciated the film's creepy and unique premise, with many finding it thought-provoking and unsettling. However, some viewers found the plot slow-paced and the lack of a clear resolution disappointing.
The distinctive, repeating house design in 'Vivarium' was inspired by the monotonous and impersonal nature of modern suburban housing developments, aiming to create a sense of inescapable artificiality.
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"Vivarium" is one of those movies that pulls you in with an interesting concept but leaves you questioning everything, especially the choices the characters make. The story follows a couple who find themselves trapped in a seemingly endless...
A young couple go to an estate agent to seek out their dream home. They encounter the almost robotic "Martin" who offers to show them their ideal residence - and so off go Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg to inspect. They discover a typical...
Vivarium was eerie and creepy, and definitely a movie that will mess with your head, albeit probably in ways other than you anticipated. You'll be tricked in the beginning into believing this movie is actually a sociological observation of ...
It's a movie whose premise had promise but was never thoroughly explored. I read the generally high praise in the reviews for this movie and admittedly, I was fooled. I'm convinced that at least the individual here who likened part of it...
Sci-fi thriller, just not _"on the edge of sit"_ type. Lorcan Finnegan remakes his short film **Foxes** and adds a life message to it.
Amazing watch, will watch again, and can recommend. Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg (both from "The Art of Self Defense") are amazing in their roles as an abducted couple force to raise a child. This is an amazing premise (see "Solar...
> **_Review on Horror Focus_** This indie sci-fi thriller Vivarium from Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan is many things, one definitely being quite the head-scratcher. Not because of it being an intellectually challenging story, or one th...
Pretty pointless movie. Signed up to review because I couldn't believe the rating this received. Yes, you get a weird realtor and a creepy kid but other than that you just watch the couple basically repeat each day hating being stuck. You'r...
‘Vivavirum’ slots in neatly next to Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe’s ‘Greener Grass’ and Richard Stanley’s ‘Color Out of Space’ to form a loose trilogy of deeply surrealist releases in 2019 that skewer our perceptions of suburbia and the fa...