As soon as I had heard the amount of Oscars this movie had won and the recommendations from a friend of mine, I set pretty high expectations for this movie. Even though the premise about the effects of life choices on the course of our lives is very intriguing and promising, I was deeply disappointed with a piece of cinema that resembles the blasting sensory stimulation of TikTok and all its alternatives.

At times the movie felt like a B-tier parody of The Matrix or a bad comedy with disengaging action scenes and poorly executed butt plug jokes. Acting was not convincing, and the plot itself does not engage the viewer, since the high speed of alternating scenes at most causes disturbance and discomfort. The only things that seem to keep viewer somewhat interested are special effects and scenery. However, these visually well made parts are buried by many ridiculous plot choices by the writers.

As this big black hole of the film script has devoured the last bits of interest from the audience, the movie tries too hard to convey its two main messages: Kindness and love cures everything & If you do not care about anything (judgement, opinions, your past), you can do and become anything you dream of. The messages undoubtedly carry lot of importance in modern world, even though they may sound a bit cheesy for some. However, the means of conveying these messages just do not hit the spot.

This film is either a hit or a miss for the viewer. The film gives a flawless depiction of what type of content attracts the majority of today's society, a fast paced and poorly structured line of meaningless events, where meaning is drawn from chaos. In my opinion, this type of chaotic storytelling is synthetic and it fails to make you identify with characters, their struggles and growth. Simultaneously it backfires at conveying the intended message. However someone who is used to watching content that requires only few second attention span might have completely opposite opinion about the movie. Personally, I hope this is not the direction of storytelling in film making.