Goofy Fun

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2014)

A lot of people seem to have a big problem with this film using the myth that humans only use 10% of their brain. Really it's only true of people in Hollywood. Because this is just an entertainment piece, it doesn't bother me much. If it was something more pretentious, like an Aronofsky film, I would have a bigger problem with it. The movie is certainly watchable from beginning to end. I'd even say it's fun most of the way. But it never makes the most of its premise and even seems to give up trying relatively quickly. You have a character who can do pretty much anything but the things they have her do are mundane and the only threat to her they can come up with are angry drug dealers with guns. The ending is the default transcendental trip that every movie about humans evolving since 2001: A Space Odyssey has used a variation of. The most amusing part is where Lucy (Scarlett) meets Lucy (ape woman). But 'space baby' it is not. The use of the animal footage is the kind of stuff film school students do. Maybe it does have its pretentious moments. Scarlett Johansson's entertaining. The guy from Oldboy is fun but the character was really an unimpressive threat. Morgan Freeman's got new choppers. Good for him. Overall, it's an enjoyable but goofy film that shouldn't be taken too seriously.