Not good, not bad just blah

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2008)

I had some reservations about going to this film. I have loved M's early films but have gone lukewarm with his more recent ones.
The movie basis is one that could have worked with the right script and the right actors. The earth gets tired of the humans and uses its plants to cause them to die by suicide. This is a base fear of humankind, something forcing us to lose control and to take our own life. It is creepy and some of the death scenes were good. However, the movie seemed anti-climatic to me. It took the story which could have made a great suspense film and went nowhere with it.
The acting held some problems too. No one seemed committed to the part. It felt like the whole cast had taken sleeping pills. Everyone just seemed too calm for the situation that the film presented. and the last 14 minutes just did not seem right. Also this is the second time that Zooey has played a character that shows no emotion and keeps the same dazed blank look on her face.
Overall the movie was not bad, but it was not really good. It just was a good idea with way too many flaws to make it