Ex Machina

"There is nothing more human than the will to survive."

2015 1h 48m EN

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7.6

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7.7

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★7.6TMDB · 14,674🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●78Metacritic★7.7IMDB · 633,967

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Synopsis

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Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

“There is nothing more human than the will to survive.”

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Cast

Domhnall Gleeson
Caleb
Alicia Vikander
Ava
Oscar Isaac
Nathan
Sonoya Mizuno
Kyoko
Corey Johnson
Jay
Claire Selby
Lily
Symara A. Templeman
Jasmine
Gana Bayarsaikhan
Jade

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alex Garland
Writers: Alex Garland, Keith Weir
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CAST

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241+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alex Garland, shot by Rob Hardy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Geoff Barrow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Day shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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AWARDS

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Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There is nothing more human than the will to survive.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alex Garland directs. Rob Hardy behind the camera. Geoff Barrow scores. Mark Day cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
3241+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Alex Garland, shot by Rob Hardy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Geoff Barrow. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mark Day shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "There is nothing more human than the will to survive.".
9IMDB entry: tt0470752 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1014,674 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
11Classified under 31 themes, including "android", "dancing", "friendship", "man vs machine".
12Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rob Hardy
Original score: Geoff Barrow
Editing: Mark Day
Production design: Mark Digby
Costume design: Sammy Sheldon
Makeup / hair: Siân Grigg
VFX supervisor: Sara Bennett
Sound: Glenn Freemantle
Stunt coordinator: Andy Bennett
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $36,869,414
Return: 246% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ex Machina (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 78/100
IMDB rating: 7.7/10 · 633,967 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 74 wins & 162 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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Andres Gomez2016-03-21
★ 8/10
When you think you have seen everything about AI movies, Ex Machina arrives and gives a very nice perspective on the matter. The movie goes quick, not many things happen but they are clever, very well thought. The story is more focused in the moral problems of the human main character rather than in the awe of the creation nor the existencial problem of the AI. The cast is all great, from Vikander to Mizuno, Glee and great Oscar Isaac. A real must to watch if you are into the topic.
Jeff_342017-02-07
★ 8/10
Enjoyable, satisfying sci-fi Kinda smutty, kinda creepy, kinda evil, thoroughly enjoying. OK, there's nothing mind shattering but still good fun and a nice pay off imho. For those complaining it was predictable - if you want something you CANNOT ever predict go watch Predestination https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/206487-predestination Something about it hit the right chords for me, modern, start up, big loud talker, sad lonely guy.... I've seen lots of those geeks turned CEO's and they don't know what they've become. Actually more to be said about the Nathan character than the rest. Definitely worth a watch if you like dark humour and sci-fi.
John Chard2019-11-09
★ 8/10
Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you? Ex Machina is written and directed by Alex Garland. It stars Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac and Sonoya Mizuno. Music is by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury and cinematography by Rob Hardy. A young programmer is thrilled to be selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment involving synthetic intelligence. He's to evaluate the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid Artificial Intelligence known as Ava... Your nutshell review is that it's a cautionary tale of science going too far, where the narrative thrust of a Turin Test becomes something far darker and troubling. This is a deliberately slow paced sci-fier, told out of a remote reinforced science institute populated by just one human and some A.I. creations. Enter Caleb (Gleeson), who doubles the human quotient and kicks starts what is a cunningly sexy, troubling and potent picture. As we are drawn into this most fascinating world, we are requested to pose ourselves the deeper questions about being human, for better or worse. This is nothing new, this has been explored in many other sci-fi pictures, but the intensity of the set-up, the performance of the actors in this intimate surround, for sure engage the patiently interested. The ending is plain daft, even irresponsible when one considers how much thought has gone into the story previously, but mostly this is a genre piece of considerable worth. 8/10