Decent rental, not worth much more

Rating: 4/10 (31 July 2014)

Even after you accept the falsity of the film's entire premise and get over the fact that this feels suspiciously similar to a recent film starring Bradley Cooper in which a new mystery drug heightens his mental capacity, Lucy still doesn't quite hit the mark. It's largely a study in theoretical nonsense which has a better place in a NatGeo "documentary" than on the big screen. Thematically, the movie has almost no weight and what it does have feels entirely forced.
But, to be honest, some of the scenes are stylistically well executed and I did find myself feeling some shred of empathy for ScarJo early on in the film. For that reason, I'd say once this one hits Netflix or Am Prime, it's worth a stream if you've got nothing better to do.