Someone described this as pretentious drivel

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2020)

I have to agree. I had lost interest by the halfway mark and it was getting late. So I went to bed and that was it! Not the slightest compulsion to pick up where I had left off.
I'm not sure if it is actually pretentious but what was the man behind The Beach and Ex Machina thinking? This is just so below par compared to his usual story telling.