what's going on everybody and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott back again with
a brand new movie review and today we'll be discussing the new comedy drama by the name
of naked singularity which actually premiered at a film festival earlier this year and had
some mixed reviews but today i'm here to share my review and let you all know it's worth checking
out on the spoiler free review but before we break it all down do me a favor and check me
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and in the comment section let me know if this is a film that was on your radar if you were
excited for it and once you've seen it what'd you think about it did you enjoy the narrative
and the pacing and the comedy elements the drama elements this cast or were you let down by the
film let's discuss it all in the comments below so for me personally next singularity was not on my
radar whatsoever i just happened to stumble upon i was looking up john boyega of future projects and
i saw this title and i said to myself john boyega olivia cook tim nelson bill skarsgard ed shrine
yeah i'm gonna check this out so i didn't read the synopsis did not watch the trailer reached
out to the pr asked to see it early and here we are discussing it starting off with my positives i
gotta say i can check that off my bucket list now right i have i'm a big fan of all of the talent
involved in this film and i can say that for the most part they did the best they could because the
script and the characteristics of these characters are another story but in regards to you can tell
that there was something in this now from my research this is based on a novel that involves
justice and sci-fi and a heist and all those elements are right up my alley and you can see
that if i were an actor hearing about this novel uh reading this script potentially i'm like wow
this sounds like this could be something very intriguing it's something that i would probably
want to invest my talents in so again going back to the talent i think that everyone did
the best that they could now other things i want to bring out as far as positives not reading the
synopsis not reading the trailer i have not read the 2008 novel this is based upon this is one of
those films where i thought it was going to go one way but it ended up going another way and
you know that's not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing but at least it kept me intrigued enough
to be like okay i thought it was one thing but we're end up we're diving into sci-fi elements
and black hole theories and singularity theories and we're dive into a heist in the justice system
so i'm like it has all the makings for something interesting but unfortunately it never really
clicked the cylinders on any of those things i just mentioned and again we'll say that for later
but again i was surprised by how many twists and turns the film kind of throws at you so outside
those things i hate to get right to the negatives but man this film was not for me at all and do
i feel bad for the talent involved in this film again john boyega in my opinion is one of the best
up-and-coming actors working in hollywood same thing goes with olivia cook i have been a fan
of tim nelson for the longest time i feel the same thing about bill skarsgard coming up in the ranks
and pennywise still my favorite performance from his even ed shrine who i've been a fan of seeing
him in game of thrones they all have projects that i'm a big fan of but man these characters
that they played were so uninteresting so boring and i just did not care for them making out of the
situation doing things by what they feel is right i did not care about these characters whatsoever
and i'm gonna start with john boyega who again i think none of the performances were bad i just
didn't care for the characters but he is a public defender who sees the justice system
and sees all the flaws and wants to do good by these people he's representing but by the end of
the day i'm just like dude i don't care about your character and the stuff that he does in this film
getting involved with olivia cook character and getting involved with bill skarsgard and their
friendship and coming up with this heist it's just like it was so unbelievable and unrealistic the
chain of events that take place in this film again no spoilers are just like this is so unrealistic
and it was frustrating to see how all these things unplayed and unfolded which brings me to
olivia cook who again very talented actress but did not give a damn about her character at all
and i was kind of confused about what side of the line she was in what was her ultimate goal
same goes with ed's character same goes with tim nelson who's this stoner philosopher who
this film again it has the outlines of like the justice system being corrupt it has a
heist element in revolving around the police and the drug cartel but then there's this element of
sci-fi which went absolutely nowhere without dive into the sci-fi elements again i mentioned that
tim nelson is a stoner philosopher who believes that there's a singularity going on and that there
are multiple parallels or situations going on that had no bearings to the ultimate end result of this
film which was just like why was this again i know it's based on a novel and maybe the book executed
a lot better than this film but i just don't have a clue on why that was implemented in
the story which brings me to the first time director chase palmer i am never a person to
say bad things about a first-time director this is his directorial debut but man chase you got
to get some personality some flair some umph in your film because this film was just flat
from the beginning to the end at first i'm just thinking to myself where is this story headed and
once you go to the end of this film you're just like wow this was just a big wasted opportunity
to tell something that was maybe unique to tell something maybe something interesting but i just
felt like the direction was just so lackluster and just so lifeless i'm being honest and that's
really kind of my overall thought to this film and before i give you all my overall score and if you
should watch or not if you haven't already make sure like share comment subscribe to the channel
if you haven't already but ultimately at the end of the day guys the next singularity is the film
that falls flat on every single level unlikable characters unrealistic plot wasted potential to
the story and by the time i wrapped up this film i'm just thinking myself that was so waste of an
hour and 30 minutes so with that being said i hate to give films these type of scores but
i'm gonna give this film a 1.5 out of five and it will be it had a limited release on august second
or sixth as when i'm reviewing this and it will be available to the public on vod august 13th
i'm not one to tell you how to spend your money but i don't think this is worth seeing in theaters
nor do i think it's worth paying on vod if it's free on vod netflix hulu whatever in a couple
months maybe give it a watch just to kind of see this cast together but don't get your hypes
up don't get your hopes up this is a pretty bad film with a pretty messy script with a lot of un
used and unpotential and unused potential in this film so with that being said not a film for me and
that's just my thoughts let me know what you all thought of if you saw it at the film festivals you
saw it in theaters if you're watching this review six months down the road what did you think of
this film do you enjoy it did you not enjoy it i did not find it to be funny i did not find it to
be dramatic it was just a flat film but again i said all that in the review but let me know what
you all thought of it again guys if you stuck around in this review i appreciate every single
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this sucks because what a cast what a terrible film but at the end of the day i appreciate
you all hope you enjoyed this review hope you're staying safe and we'll see you in the next video