Too Slow and Too Nude

Rating: 4/10 (31 May 2015)

The movie is about a programmer, Caleb, who won a lottery to perform the Turing-test on a robot called Ava at the secluded mansion of his employer, Nathan. The Turing test is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
The testing is done through a series (sessions) of conversations between Caleb and Ava. When we meet Ava, I was struck by her beauty, and observing the comments online, many are as well. But this is where my first criticism starts: the movie is over-sexualized. I'm the very opposite of a feminist. But this movie heavily abused its creative license: the amounts of nudity and sexual innuendo went far beyond reason.
The second disappointment of this movie is its predictability. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but it's not hard to imagine what's really going on and how it could end up. There won't be any significant surprises. Although a plot-twist will occur, it isn't enough to bring the movie to a higher level.
The third problem I want to address are the flaws in this movie. Especially at the end - the finale if you will. Not to mention that some events were just silly. Its one of those occasions where some people are made stupid so the other looks more intelligent.
The biggest challenge of this movie is its slow pace. A big part of the conversations between Ava the fembot and Caleb are simply not interesting, i.e. the conversations don't add value. Just to be clear, having the conversations is the bread and butter of this movie, but too often the things that are said don't hold much substance. The gist has been made clear, so no need to drag it on.
So far the negatives. Of course there are the positives. First of all, the setting in general, though somewhat cramped is easy on the eye.
The second positive thing, far more important, is that this movie is is somewhat thought provoking indeed. It tries to be an intelligent movie; Ex Machina is pop-science which clearly caters to a younger audience. The viewer is not expected to be a deep thinker per se.
I'm neutral about the acting, though Ava, again, steals the show because of her overall demeanor; the right person at the right place.
I rate it 4 out of 10 stars because the slow pace holds the movie back quite a bit. And the amounts of nudity is simply too much. It's also too pretentious; it's not that smart. Finally the dialogs are mostly not very illuminating either.