Review (spoilers)

Rating: 5/10 (14 November 2018)

I didn't want to give away my core point in the headline so I just went with "review." Skipping all the details, I'll just get right down to it. As beautifully filmed, written, acted, designed, timely, and apropos as this film was, I couldn't get past the fate of Caleb. Perhaps I'm completely missing the point (entirely possible), but I cannot get past the fact that he is left to die horribly (presumably by starvation) at the very end. As he was established as the hero, to some degree, and Ava was his damsel in distress, how unsatisfying and uncivilized and end for him!
Maybe because I identified more with him than the other characters, and considering his honest attempt to save Ava, I just leave the film feeling like an injustice was perpetrated on the audience. Despite missing out on the unbelievable effects, I would almost rather not have seen the film at all.