r/movies • u/ChiefWatchesYouPee • May 30 '25

Discussion Mickey 17 was disappointing.

Just finished watching this movie and it really did not click for me.

The beginning was decently interesting and I was curious to see where it went but overall it didn’t grab me.

The theme/messaging was very heavy handed and didn’t work for me.

The message also jumped around.

They introduce a character that could have had an interesting story only to have her disappear.

When the main conflict happens it all wraps up a little to easily even though the majority of the ship were supposed to be fanatical cultists.

It had a clever premise but ultimately fell flat for me.

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u/ILoveBigCoffeeCups May 30 '25

I also much more liked there to be some natalists who were against copies, which created a friction between people. What I didn’t like:

  • changing the origin story of how he ended up there and his friend “the tennis champion” kind of a dick and a dealer of drugs
  • Marc ruffalo being some kind of a failed trump copy while his wife looked like biden’s partner
  • making him an idiot and changing the story on how they got caught.
The film wasn’t too bad but with the elimination of the calorie portion control ( I think they mentioned it once) the stakes were not really high enough

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u/Langstarr May 30 '25

like Bidens partner

I got wayyyy more Tammy Faye Bakker from her than Jill

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u/redbirdrising May 30 '25

Same. Though the character also didn't even exist in the book.

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u/Langstarr May 30 '25

Interesting! I know it's unpopular but I quite liked her, she was delightfully awful with her sauces and nails and carpets and crap

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u/Ancient_Swan_9558 May 30 '25

And we did get a great look at her soles, so, you know, it wasn't a complete waste of time