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Vivarium (2020)
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Vivarium (2020)

Genre
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Date
March 27, 2020
Studio
Saban Films
Official Site
https://www.vertigoreleasing.com/portfolio/vivarium/
Genre
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Date
March 27, 2020
MPAA Rating
-
Duration
099 minute(s)
Production Budget
4000000
Studio
Saban Films
Official Site
https://www.vertigoreleasing.com/portfolio/vivarium/
Director
Lorcan Finnegan
Producer
Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell
Screenwriter
Garret Shanley
Starring
  • Imogen Poots as Gemma
  • Jesse Eisenberg as Tom
  • Jonathan Aris

In the unsettling sci-fi thriller "Vivarium," directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a young couple, Gemma ( Imogen Poots) and Tom ( Jesse Eisenberg), find themselves trapped in a nightmarish suburban labyrinth. Seeking to buy their first home, they are lured by a peculiar real estate agent ( Jonathan Aris) to a pristine, eerily identical housing development called Yonder. Once inside, they discover they cannot leave, trapped in a maze of identical, pastel-colored houses under a perpetual, overcast sky. Their desperate attempts to escape are thwarted by the unnatural geometry of the neighborhood, which seems to shift and reset around them. The central conflict escalates when a mysterious box is delivered to their doorstep, containing a baby that they are compelled to raise. As they are forced into a grotesque parody of domestic life, their sanity and relationship are systematically dismantled. With a suffocating atmosphere of existential dread, "Vivarium" is a chilling allegory about conformity, consumerism, and the terrifying entrapment of suburban expectations.

Ratings:
60
SCORE
TMDB 6.0/10