Beautiful movie that lacks an effective ending

Rating: 6/10 (10 September 2018)

As a fan of Alex garland's past work like ex machina, I was immediately interested in this movie upon hearing that he was involved. Natalie portman portrays the role of a professor who is trying to cope with a recent tragedy well, and the rest of the supporting cast also does a good job in their roles. With recent movies like Ghostbusters trying to go with all female main cast members and not achieving success, this movie shows that it can be done. I had not even noticed it was an all female cast until somebody else pointed it out to me after having already watched the movie. I think that's a sign of good casting and the actors are perfectly chosen for their roles. The shimmer is truly beautiful as creates a vibrant world. I wish more time could have been given to exploring the worldand characters. The movie also has some very creepy scenes and a haunting score that reminds me of under the skin. Ultimately the ending of the movie is the main issue. I understand that it was meant to be open to interpretation, but this wound up being very confusing and seemed to be more of a demonstration of cool visuals rather than actually bringing closure to the story.