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Self/less

Self/less (AKA Selfless)

2015

Tarsem Singh

Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode, Natalie Martinez ...

5.4

7,793

Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Thriller. Action An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"A fast-paced sci-fi thriller with too many contrivances (...) The failings of Self/less reveal a good deal about what has gone wrong with American movies over the last 50 years"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"This new science-fiction thriller borrows the foundation of a much better film — John Frankenheimer’s 1966 'Seconds' — and strips it of any larger meaning"
		John Hazelton Screendaily	"A solidly effective sci-fi thriller (...) There are enough twists and turns in Self/less to keep things interesting (...) both on an emotional level (...) and on a moral level"
		Scott Foundas Variety	"An initially intriguing parable about man's lust for immortality that quickly devolves into a substandard shoot-'em-up designed to rebrand star Ryan Reynolds as a brawny action hero"
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Any intelligence is tossed once we get mired in a series of dull chase scenes. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A conventional-looking films with a screenplay from brothers David and Alex Pastor that raises some fascinating issues and offers a tease or two of a better movie before devolving into a medley of chases and shootouts (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"
		Kyle Anderson Entertainment Weekly	"Self/Less suggests plenty of questions about the nature of identity, the morality of scientific exploration, and the price of aging. But the script (...) doesn’t craft characters complicated enough to engage in those concepts"
		Kevin Jagernauth IndieWire	"'Self/less' is brain/less entertainment, but if there’s any consolation, the impression it leaves is so fleeting that you can soon replace it with better movie memories."
		Kyle Smith New York Post	"Self/less is a celluloid smoothie blended from dozens of familiar elements, but it's neither tasty nor nutritious (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"This script by Alex Pastor and David Pastor reveals its secrets predictably, and Singh struggles to make his locations come alive on screen (...) Self/less hews closely enough to the premise of the 1966 John Frankenheimer thriller "Seconds" to qualify as an unofficial remake"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"All of it unfolds in the atmosphere of gaudy, portentous vacuity that is Mr. Singh's trademark."

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