Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Cathex What we have here is nothing short of film-making at its best. The subject line alone is incredibly brave and the numerous psychological and philosophical nuances are brought to the fore with masterful subtlety and skill.The film revolves around a woman who has lost her lover in a tragic accident. Driven by grief and guilt she decides to give birth to his clone, eventually leading to all kinds of complications.The film runs on so many levels. At its most superficial it's about incest sure, but more so it's about the difficulty of coping with grief and lost love objects, it's a figurative examination of the Freudian Oedipus Complex and also a look at identity, sacrifice and love. In this much the film is like a poem, richly metaphorical and deeply personal, able to be interpreted in many ways.The director's use of imagery, graphic matches and attendance to the script's subtext is simply excellent. Throughout the plot there are at least three times when the protagonists are thrown into a 'different planet' from a psychological perspective. It begins with a snail on a table, then with a child's imagination about his origins and again with the final epiphany. All these instances are subtle enough to work purely subconsciously, but the viewer will also enjoy discovering these revolutions of meaning visually.The only thing that I felt could have been done better was Matt Smith's characterisation of Thomas. Although I'm sure he wanted to portray a very emotional and child-like character somehow he comes off as having a learning difficulty, which is slightly disappointing. I felt he could have been far more intellectually present whilst retaining his emotional sensitivity without coming across as 'simple' if a different interpretation had been made. That said, he certainly does enough for us to empathise with the character and does manage to maintain integrity throughout. In the end this film is bold because of course it was never going to popular, just as Freud's theories on sexuality were never popular, and that earns everyone who made and produced this film a special kind of respect.

Robert J. Maxwell Eva Green's lover dies and she gives birth to his clone, guides him through childhood and into manly youthfulness as she herself grows older but not less caring. Trouble ensues when Matt Smith brings home a cute and vivacious girl friend, Hannah Murray, and the three of them live together in a ramshackle cottage on stilts on the shore of the North Sea under a cloudy sky and amid the sound of a cold wind moaning about the structure, once upon a time.The story is really simple. Green wants to reincarnate her lost lover so that they can be together again in every sense. (Mom doesn't approve.) But although Green waits patiently while the infant grows up, horny and desperate for love, the kid has no such notion. He has no idea his mother is also his lover, or once was -- or something. Anyway, the experiment fails, but not before Green and Smith have one last angry encounter that ends in a strenuous bout of physical sex. No nudity, though. Don't worry. Nobody's going to undress in THAT climate.The story moves slowly and it depends almost entirely on Eva Green's ability to deliver myriad complicated emotions without much dialog. She does fine. If she were a toy instead of an actress she'd be made of PlayDo. There is a scene between her and Murray. The camera lingers on the back of Green's long raven hair as she stare out to see, and Murray hesitantly asks questions from behind. Murray, happy in her circumstances, wonders aloud if she's screwing up the household somehow. And Green slowly turns to face her without answering but with her features frozen in an expression of bitter hatred -- and the expression isn't overplayed! Green was a very sexy and thoroughly glamorized Bond Girl in "Casino Royal" and an existentialist teen in Polanski's "The Dreamers." She's at least as good here as the brooding widow.In an ethnological sense, the movie would be interesting if only because it puts on display the central issue of incest, a universal taboo with exceptions that only prove the rule. The usual explanation (nobody knows for sure) is that the role conflict that followed marriage within the nuclear family would be devastating. Can you be an authoritarian mother and a bed mate at the same time? How do you do that -- get on top? And can Smith really make the leap from a crafty child who must test reality once in a while and get spanked for it, to an ithyphallic adult male? Or -- well, when does the spanking stop and the intercourse begin? Interesting but slow. Poor Eva Green, the reckless experimentalist. She winds up sobbing alone on her bed in a cold dark bungalow while a pitying wind makes the shingles sing a soft and voiceless lament.

beresfordjd This movie is a bit precious. It is extremely slow ands I feel it was a half hour stretched beyond necessity. Evan Green gives a still but interesting performance and even manges to remain the same age even though 20-25 years pass!! It seems like the writer managed the meticulous screenplay but forgot to write a script. The dialogue is very slight and rarely seems to move the story on very much. Matt Smith is better than his Dr Who schtick here but let's face it anything is better than that dross. So sparse dialogue , sparse characters and sparse locations make for a very sparse movie. That does not mean it is uninteresting - you have to watch to see what happens. I am actually about two thirds through and it is turning out much as one would expect - which is a disappointment. Those moviegoers expecting a scifi film are going to be very disappointed, it is more like a Swedish art movie in my opinion. definitely not the sort of film one would watch more than once.

shannondunne-484-277474 Okay, so the reason I watched this movie was for Matt Smith, I originally saw him in Doctor Who and let me just say -This was a far cry from that role.Yes, I do love Matt Smith as an actor, I am not into his looks, but he - in my opinion - was perfectly suited for the role.He has great chemistry with Eva and the ending made me cry.I really recommend watching Womb, it is unique.Not much was said throughout the film, but it was so full of emotion, nothing HAD to be said. I'm going to give it a 9, again, really brilliant film from two amazing actors and I would love to see something along the lines of this movie again.