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Information
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 89 min.
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.3
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 752
- Favs
- 18
- Dislikes
- 9
- Favs/checks
- 2.4% (1:42)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Kimi is an improvement on Siri-type services because it flags misunderstandings so a human operator can go into the code and increase the disembodied voice's lexicon. But it's a Steven Soderbergh thriller, so it's only a matter of time before it overhears a violent crime, and a human being can't ignore it. That human is Angela, a tech-savvy agoraphobe well played by Zoë Kravitz, whose mental health issues have not been improved by the pandemic. This is a rare COVID-era movie (most act like it never happened) and trades on the isolation and paranoia involved without making it about the pandemic, first by heightening Angela's anxiety and second by introducing a paranoia-fueled corporate conspiracy angle. Obviously, Angela is going to have to leave the security of her apartment to get the overheard victim justice and things just get crazier from there. There are some very cool directorial elements that elevate the movie further, like the way those outside sequences are shot, but also how many conversations have characteristics not dissimilar to the Kimi software's (humans are no better at understanding subtext, or can be running their own "script"). There's also something delightful about how Kimi is used to bring down its owners. Like any good thriller, everything that's introduced is used organically later. A fun, tense, and relatable cutting edge take on Rear Window. 1 year 9 months ago -
BadFluffy
One of the (professional) reviews I read about the movie said "What in lesser hands might have been just another tiresome COVID-19 quickie becomes a tautly suspenseful nail-biter in Kimi, thanks to tirelessly eclectic director Steven Soderbergh and seasoned screenwriter David Koepp."
What he really meant was "if the two guys responsible for this tropefest were total unknowns, I'd be telling you to skip it but hey famous people alert so it's not the Lifetime movie of the week it appears to be"
... except it is
Only redeeming factor is Kravitz who pulled this one out of the dumpster but it barely makes it worth the watch. 1 month ago -
