This is one of those movies that absolutely requires you to watch until the last shot with intent, because it colors everything before it. However, hanging in to get there can be somewhat of a challenge. The premise is interesting - in the not-too-far future, the earth is becoming uninhabitable, so the government is conscripting random citizens as test subjects for off-world habitats. They are, in some situations, replaced with AI bots of themselves. As a married couple are approached, they find only the husband has been selected. Their relationship is not a happy one, and the tests and questions involved in properly preparing the AI crack those marital problems wide open. I do think that this movie loses focus and coherence in favor of some self-indulgence here (the same can be said about Paul Mescal's performance - it's awkward when you catch actors acting) but a reveal in the third act pulled my interest back in, and the ending sticks the landing. In what I assume is an intentional misdirect and attempt at mirroring the characters' confusion, the audience is sort of left wondering what the hell is going on and why this character is acting this way for a solid chunk of the movie; there's a way to do this, but Garth Davis didn't really nail it. What he _did_ nail is a satisfying ending in spite of the clutter just previous to it.

Despite two quite solid performances from Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal and an interesting and multi-layered subject matter, Foe (2023) barely manages to tell an interesting story. In direct comparison with Swan Song (2021), which approaches a comparable topic from a more interesting and productive perspective, Foe (2023) is unable to keep up. ——————————————————————— Trotz zweier durchaus solider Darstellerinnenleistungen vom Saoirse Ronan und Paul Mescal und einer sowohl interessanten als auch vielschichtigen Thematik gelingt es Foe (2023) kaum, etwas zu erzählen. Im direkten Vergleich mit Swan Song (2021), welcher sich einer vergleichbaren Thematik aus einer interessanteren und ergiebigeren Perspektive nähert, kann Foe (2023) nicht mithalten.

The movie is based on several ridiculous notions. so now the government has to forcefully recruit ordinary people to send to space, if part of a couple leave a clone of sorts with the spouse. We don't even know the realy duty of the person sent to space but there are many other government employees that put this cover up operation into place. The entire movie is not well thought out, or played out. I found it quite boring when all is said and done

Like a hot librarian: intellectual, good looking, and doesn't speak to me. This thinking man's sci-fi takes too much time leading us along for a payoff that is both satisfying and insufficient.

Was so boring I couldn't even finish it . I just couldn't get into it I watched an hour then turned it off.