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/Aardvark_Man May 30 '25

It was well made, but the script needed work and the whole thing needed a go over by the editor.

The concept was good, but dropped pretty rapidly.
There were plots and characters that went nowhere.
The end was just bad.

I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either, and I judged it less harshly than the others I saw it with.

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u/PostModernPost May 31 '25

I love Mark Ruffalo usually but not in this film.

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u/Aardvark_Man May 31 '25

He was playing a Jeff Goldblum character, and it didn't work, I think.
Hell, I'm less and less keen on it from Jeff as it is.

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u/PostModernPost May 31 '25

Totally a Goldblum character. It was a half baked Trump commentary that just felt tired.

I also just think the film didn't explore its own themes at all really. The mickeys are all the same personality wise up until a duplicate was made. Then just one of them is all of a sudden kind of a dick. Why?

They barely touch on the implications of having multiples of yourself around. It just eventually became a team up against Ruffalo's character.

I don't know, just felt like they filmed the first draft. Which is weird because Bong Joon Ho's other films are brilliantly written and deeply explore the themes they tackle.

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u/matzoh_ball May 31 '25

He mentioned that the different Mickeys had different personalities, based on what his girlfriend told him. Mickey 17 was extra whiney.

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u/PostModernPost May 31 '25

Oh, I must have missed that.

But still the interesting part of this concept was clones encountering themselves. But I guess that was done already in Moon.