Spiderhead

The two sides of the film end up mutually exclusive. An ill-judged experiment itself, the movie intrigues then implodes. And then it just dissolves...

By resolving its story around a mano-a-mano, the film narrows its understanding of a system in which exploitation is privatized.

Having stretched out the story idea to feature-film length, the film doesn’t really give the sense that it knows where it is going.

While (Teller) and Hemsworth have a lot of screen presence together, there’s only so much you can do without a decent plot or script…

A sci-fi thriller so dull-edged and obvious, it defies the sum of its parts.

I won’t cry for Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick proves that the director will be able to make whatever he wants going forward, no matter the love, or...

The movie’s made up its mind not to cut too deep on the intellectual, as Saunders’s writing often does, so instead it leans into the human element...

Kosinski can’t make the inane philosophizing about free will sound profound or new, and the hectic, hasty finale, lacking the nerve or chilly inter...

Alas, Kosinski has followed the most spectacular movie of his career with the most generic, and it’s hard to be happy about that no matter what the...

Though it starts with promise, Spiderhead is pseudo-heady sci-fi stuff that treats its most intriguing elements like an afterthought.

Hemsworth hams it up with reckless abandon – every take used seems to be the "now do one just for fun" take – but the movie never finds i...

Soon… it becomes obvious that this film won’t have the courage of Saunders’ story.

The sci-fi thriller watches more like a lesser episode of Black Mirror.

Spiderhead is a totally OK movie to sort of watch. And if that's all Netflix is aiming for now, they've gotten their gold star for m...

Some of these choices work, some are silly and some come across as downright mean… Ultimately, Spiderhead just seems a little unsure of what i...

Feels derivative and only superficially invested in its big ideas about second chances and the conundrum of appropriating the bodies of individuals...

All the ingredients are there for a daring satire — a George Sanders story, adapted by the "Deadpool" duo and directed by Joseph Kosinski ...

Kosinski never manages full control of the film’s tone, which is essential in a story like this. Saunders’ story is draining but cathartic. "S...

[It] has idiocy in its veins.

Even at 100 minutes minus end credits, the film’s stretch marks are undeniable.

… Has some neat Covid-era themes but is ultimately all premise and no payoff.

Sadly, the performance—and movie—fall flat.

This is one of those movies that’s forgotten almost as soon as it ends, and it doesn’t even require any chemical intervention in order...