danieljfarthing Review of The Pod Generation

The Pod Generation (2023)

Excrutiatingly bland, dreary, soporific near-future sci-fi

[3/10 · 3 September 2023]

Dreary near-future sci-fi "The Pod Generation" is like a terrible feature length episode of tv's 'Black Mirror' drawn out over an excrutiating 1hr 41mins. Professional Emilia Clarke & liberal botanist Chiwetel Eijofor (both giving poor, stylized performances) are a city couple who despite his reservations embark on a pod pregnancy (via Rosalie Craig's corp) in which their developing baby grows in a plastic pod that the couple carry around. Writer / director Sophie Barthes (with her 3rd film) clearly has a lot of societal / political points to get across, but the film descends into such bland dross that whatever those points are, they get utterly lost. It's a soporific turd. Flush it away.