One of the years worst movies

Rating: 2/10 (14 August 2013)

The film fails on almost every level. Pre-production: Every character is cookie cut, casting is limited and story begins and ends without any originality. Production: Matt Damon nor Jodie Foster could tackle the material, it fell flat (Alice Braga was the only salvation) Every line, character and motive has been seen and done plenty times before. Post Production: The space shots were the only golden moment (Spolier: you spend no time in Elysium only for a few short chapters at the end of the film)
Though the reason why this film falters so badly and so quickly - the social commentary - "Whites are privileged" and "everyone else is not". These outdated and overused stereotypes make the film look cheep. The directed tries to address immigration as a sub topic, but ends up feeling like a BBC segment used for cheep tears. Unoriginal, un-researched and insulting.
It's the 21 century and this is the best you could come up with?