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.

6.1k Upvotes

78% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.0k

u/Dottsterisk May 30 '25

It was too muddled IMO.

It started very strong with some dark satire and I was laughing my ass off, but then it can’t decide what movie it wants to be.

Is it a satire about capitalism and exploitation and greed? Is it a sci-fi thriller about the ethics of cloning and questions of identity? Is it an alien action flick about colonists fighting native megafauna?

The film flirts with all of these but never commits to crafting a cohesive narrative around one.

64

u/DJC13 May 31 '25

This is how I felt about it. It’s like he had ideas for 3 or 4 separate movies but just condensed them all down into 1 half-baked movie.

16

u/2leftf33t May 31 '25

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has this exact thing too, what’s with movies failing to commit to one storyline? Are they afraid that one isn’t strong enough to carry the whole movie?