it's not great, but it's fun and scary from time to time.

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2020)

"life" (really generic title first of all) doesn't wan to give us an extended lesson on how to behave in space or how spaceships work. that mumbo jumbo i really don't care. almost all of the dialogues could be replaced with recipes for chocolate cake and probably the grade will be the same. some of the "decisions" might no be the smartes but if the film engages in the viewer on feeling scared by the characters - even if we don't care much about them - it already have worked for me.
i don't know why it has gylenhaal and reynols nor even ferguson but if they accept this it's fine. the movie explores well the claustrophoby inside the spaceship in a cool way, because at a certain time we're all afraid that only by moving a finger they might get caught. the movie gives that uncertainty to the viewer which i think its the main goal here, the feeling that "we don't really know what's happening next". we can predict some of the moves but we don't know who'll make it if everyone will or not.
the directing here actually works well i think is the best part of the film. the alien isn't realistic? who cares? did anyone saw how a real alien look like? it can even be a mix of trump, mariah carey, che guevara and pavarotti for what we know. talking about realism in a scary film with an alien is a bit useless for me.
my questions are: did it scare me sometimes? yes. was compelling to see? yes. did the plot work? not exactly a huge plot it's a scary film, but i've seen way worse also. were the characters cool to follow? meh, but we can manage with what we have. was it fun? yes. it's not a great film nor it has enough elements to give a bigger grade, but it was a thrill ride. that's it. it's not a film for awards or for the history of cinema but it has entertainment value and i've seen way worse. this has enough positive elements that don't make me regret having seeing it.