Womb (9.5/10)

This movie was haunting. That is the best word to describe this movie. Not strange, bizarre, mesmerizing or anything else but haunting. It will hit you hard and it won't shake away from you for days. I was not expecting this movie to be so effective, I thought I was going to see a good movie but not something this phenomenal. I'm glad it showed me I was wrong. This movie will grab hold of you and won't let go.

Rebecca (A terrific Eva Green) meets Thomas ( A tour de force performance from Matt Smith) as children and the two share a bond. She moves away and years later returns and the feelings never left. Well the two become close but decide to take things slow. Thomas will die in a car accident ( not a spoiler) and then the real plot kicks in. This film has a sic-fi element to it that if you didn't know before hand would startle you. Rebecca using a new genetic practice grows a clone of Thomas in her womb and gives birth to him. The clone is born a baby but grows much faster than a normal child (twice the time I'd say). So here enters plot themes dealing with alienation, loss, discrimination, doomed love and regret. The film is very slow and I really enjoyed the movie because of it. The scenes seemed so important and had a poetic meaning behind each shot. It felt like every scene was crafted with the up most perfection and care. "Womb" is a movie unlike any other and deserves to be treated as such. Whether you like it's pace or not, this is an shocking and intriguing film, but above all else haunting.

9.5/10
Recommendation: Very slow but also very powerful. Think "Splice" meets "2001: A Space Odyssey". If you like those two then you'll love this.