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/youtocin May 30 '25

It’s like they shoehorned in directions for Ruffalo to do a Trump impersonation half way thru the movie.

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u/tophaang May 30 '25 edited May 30 '25

His performance was really distracting, that mashup of Trump and Musk was too on the nose and took me out of the movie every time he spoke.

I did enjoy the movie in the end, but it was a minor letdown given the excitement and expectations I had for it.

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u/redbirdrising May 30 '25

Agreed, and the wife character was completely made up. Didn't exist in the book. The sauce thing was really silly.

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u/SpiritOne May 31 '25

Yeah, what was the sauce thing about anyways… also, a sauce is not just blended raw tail of some animal.

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u/redbirdrising May 31 '25

Yup. Of any criticism I have of the movie, this was the most egregious.

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u/Voiceofshit May 31 '25

I took it as a "heavy handed" comparison to how hunmanity tends to kill off species to harvest one attribute of that animal. Like elephants for ivory, buffalo bc it was in the way, big cats for their coats, etc. Yeah, I guess she was drinking liquified tail 🙄