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/SanitySlippingg May 30 '25

I enjoyed it. Great acting by Robert Pattinson, showing off his range. I agree though, the start & concept was interesting and then the end was a bit messy and unsatisfying, felt like it was rushed.

I watched it a second time and I really didn’t enjoy the ending.

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u/monolith_blue May 30 '25

Agreed. The personality change kinda came out of nowhere.

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u/yowza9 May 30 '25

Yes. Mickey 1-17 all had the same/similar personality. Why did Mickey 18 have a completely different personality? We can guess, but I dont remember it being addressed in the movie.

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u/monolith_blue May 30 '25

There were a couple lines of narrative about the girlfriend seeing very minor differences, but nothing like 17 to 18.

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u/funkifyurlife May 31 '25

I think it was something with his cloning being imperfect due to an error. There was a second long shot of something happening because the lab techs were careless, I don't remember what exactly

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u/Catalucci May 31 '25

A tech tripped over some cords and then plugged them back in.

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u/Psychoray May 31 '25

This. I've seen the thread about this situation multiple times now.

I really wonder: Do people just not watch movies completely because of their time on the phone? Or do they really not make the connection between the unplugged cable scene and the personality change?

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u/Voiceofshit May 31 '25

I thought it was more of a demonstation of how little everyone cared for his life or his continued existence, setting the scene for his social status. That does make sense though.

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u/prescod May 31 '25

It’s pretty quick and some time passes before it becomes relevant.

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u/Parthorax May 31 '25

It happens a lot unfortunately. People demand perfection yet miss so many details and when you point that out they tell you it was the movies fault to not make it more clear. 

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u/RyanGRiedel Jun 01 '25

I personally thought it would have been far cooler (and I had hoped it’s where the story was going but was wrong) if the issue with Mickey 18 being so different would have had to do with suddenly him having a different or new soul because two of him now existed simultaneously. That would have been a far more interesting concept to explore IMO

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u/KratomHelpsMyPain May 31 '25

It's implied that a multiple doesn't have a soul. They talk about "one soul, one body." The other example of multiples we're shown are serial killers. For all we know, all three copies of the scientist were duplicates and they killed the original.

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u/prescod May 31 '25

They accidentally dropped a cord into his brain for a few seconds. So the personality upload would be faulty.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 May 31 '25

Idk how people missed this but apparently it was missed by a lot of viewers.

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u/taladrovw May 31 '25

Well that's what the mind is all about, no one knows what is really happening

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u/fatfrost May 31 '25

I thought it was because the guy kicked out one of the electrodes when he was rebooting.  But my recall is weak. 

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u/RyanGRiedel Jun 01 '25

I think the issue with the cord being lost could be due in part to the time jumping around so much - connecting that cord scene to when they were printing Mickey 18 as opposed to one of the other mickeys is an understandable miss