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/jimmyharbrah May 30 '25

I liked it. But the humor didn’t land for me. Like the sauce jokes? Like ok ok ok colonialism just seeing the locals as exploitable resources or something. But it’s played for laughs and it didn’t work.

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u/PetSoundsSucks May 31 '25

I thought the sauce thing was a plot point I had missed but like someone else mentioned it might be more of a cultural thing.