Close is also effective here as the villain (the second time I’ve seen her in a film this year that no one else has seen). In a brief supporting role, Dafoe has some really great scenes. It focuses heavily on a few sisters, leaving some others not enough time to be developed as characters, but rather recognized by the way they dress or wear their hair. Not to spoil things, but the film dumbs down and marginalizes enough that she doesn’t even really have to make them seem all that different. You almost have to immediately commend any actor even attempting to play seven different characters just for attempting the feat. The idea of seven girls living one life, each getting to go out one day a week… that’s a cool TV series. As the idea was expanded upon, we realized that sometimes there’s a really good idea that strains itself when made into a feature length movie. I think this film started as a really great elevator pitch, which evolved probably into a really good treatment, which was handed to someone who made a good screenplay, which then was handed to a director who made an OK film. What Works: I was drawn in by this concept. But when Monday goes outside on her given day and doesn’t come home, the other six sisters must band together to find out “what happened to Monday?” Named after the day of the week they get to go outside, they all assume one identity as Karen (Rapace). Except one man (Dafoe) has managed to hide his seven identical twin granddaughters from the government for 30 years. There’s a program that captures unlawful siblings and “cryofreezes” them. So, a law is passed, and no one is allowed to have more than one child. So we create GMO foods, which cause a lot more multiple baby births, again booming the population. Plot: In a dystopian future, our planet has become overpopulated, and our food sources are running out. Starring: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwak Kenzari
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