Movie Review: Lucy



Lucy is a science fiction film written and directed by Luc Besseon. It stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman and a few other people who you might recognize. Point is Scarlett Johansson is the only character who matters.

This review is going to be different from my other reviews. I won’t be splitting it into sections. It is just going to be a review with a verdict at the end. You may think this is because I am lazy, but this is actually because this film doesn’t have a plot.

Yup, there is no story to the movie. The movie purely exists to show Scarlett Johansson do cool stuff as her brain capacity increases from 10 percent to 20 to 30 to 40 and finally 100. That is basically the story. There is a small subplot, but I stick with what is said in the beginning, this movie exists purely so that we can see Scarlett Johansson kick ass.

The cinematography is good and the CGI is, at best, okay. Again it all ties into the fact that there is no story to relate all the visuals to. And there is this national geographic cheetah hunt which is interwoven with the first few minutes of the film, which is never seen anywhere in the rest of the film. I do get the parallels which take place on screen, but I didn’t think it was necessary.

The acting in this movie is okay. Scarlett Johansson plays her role to perfection and Morgan Freeman, as always provides exposition in his deep voice. The other actors in the film are functional. This is due to the fact that their characters aren’t developed that much to begin with.

The dialogues are not really great. But given there is no story to follow, the only dialogue uttered is for exposition, and somehow it seemed natural enough to give it a pass.

The concept of the film is sound. A girl who starts unlocking increasing parts of her brain and the powers she gains. But my guess is that the director didn’t think the story through before executing the concept. All in all, Lucy is a movie, which can be watched if you want to see something cool. Other than that this movie has no great value.

I give this film a 5 on 10. Check it out if you’re bored and you want to see something cool.


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