In the far future, a maternal robot (voiced by Rose Byrne) raises a young woman (Clara Rugaard) as her daughter.
This rickety-looking science fiction thriller delivers where it counts with a twisting, turning plot and several genuine surprises. Still, the film is a topic of conversation – and you wouldn’t want to feel left out, would you?Ī low-key but gripping relationship drama set in Memphis with Mamoudou Athie as a young man dreaming of becoming a master-sommelier and Courtney B Vance as his hard-to-please father. Wheatley plays it straight and gothic Manderley estate isn’t nearly as creepy as it ought to be. Lily James and Armie Hammer are the unlikely lovers from across the class divide, with Kristin Scott Thomas disapproving Mrs Danvers.
The ultimate hate-watch or game attempt at reinventing a classic thriller? Opinions are divided on Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel already immortalised by Hitchcock.
