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Morgan

R

Released Sep 2, 2016

1h 28m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a bioengineered child who began walking and talking after one month of existence, exceeding the wildest expectations of her creators. When Morgan attacks one of her handlers, a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) visits the remote, top-secret facility where she's kept to assess the risks of keeping her alive. When the girl breaks free and starts running amok, the staff members find themselves in a dangerous lockdown with an unpredictable and violent synthetic human.

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Critics Consensus

Morgan neglects to develop its decent premise, opting instead to settle for a garden-variety sci-fi thriller with more action than ideas.

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Kate Erbland

indieWire

"What is Morgan?" the film's marketing campaign has been asking for weeks. Turns out, Morgan is just another sci-fi film that's only engineered to disappoint.

Rated: D

Jan 2, 2017

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

An initially intriguing but ultimately flimsy sci-fi action thriller.

Oct 10, 2016

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

Morgan is an unassuming little thriller, nicely put together and engaging enough while you're watching, though its memory is likely to vaporize hours, or even minutes, after you've seen it.

Sep 7, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Has a lot in common with dozens of science-fiction stories but doesn't have any innovative ideas of its own.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 11, 2022

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

A nasty little thriller that doesn't have anything of substance to say.

Rated: B

Aug 28, 2021

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Ian Brill

Battleship Pretension

Unfortunately, the high point of Taylor-Joy's performance also signals the film's downfall...

Apr 13, 2021

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Jake D

There are many ideas that should work here: the question of AI vs humanity, the difficulty of maintaining distance when your subject is a child, the deadliness of a child assassin. It has a stellar cast, including a scene-stealing Paul Giamatti and a severely under-utilized Michelle Yeoh and Brian Cox. Unfortunately, this is a soulless and confused movie that cares more about its visuals and pseudo-intellectualism than crafting a compelling narrative. At the end, the only question we are left with is whether watching Kate Mara drown a child is truly the victory it wants to be?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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nathan a

Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a bioengineered child who began walking and talking after one month of existence, exceeding the wildest expectations of her creators. When Morgan attacks one of her handlers, a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) visits the remote, top-secret facility where she's kept to assess the risks of keeping her alive. When the girl breaks free and starts running amok, the staff members find themselves in a dangerous lockdown with an unpredictable and violent synthetic human. Like everyone else said, good premise, but fumbled at the beginning. So what we like to see in any story is character arc. Someone's starting out thinking one way and by the end of the movie they have grown or changed in some way. But this movie starts out with a brutal stabbing in the face by a synthetic human to some one that it's supposed to love. No real room for growth or change there. Strike one. Strike two, the entire scientific crew living in isolation with this creature is completely and unapologetically in love with it. Regardless of its horrible murderous temper. What could have saved it is watching Morgan change overtime little by little. And watching the scientists gradually understand that this was a failed experiment. Strike three, Morgan goes through a face stabbing to another murderer, then another and another. No gradually falling off the cliff. Anya Joy is great as usual. So is everyone else for that matter. Like many other movies, so many missed opportunities

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/24/23

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michael p

I figured it out right away. There is just nothing there that is interesting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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The F

I don't think so. The sequence of the plot and premise becomes self-conflicted. The whole point is that Morgan has emotional awareness and Weathers does not. They both savagely murder, and while Morgan may be aware of her emotions, she is actually more vicious than Weathers in the way which she kills, she is cruel and not quick and merciful. She has the look of evil when she kills and does not exhibit how normal pity feel devastated when it is necessary to take someone else's life. You would think that someone who has the highest evolution of emotive awareness would seek another alternative than to plan to kill everyone she knows, or to force a "friend" at gunpoint to fulfill her promise of a lake visit.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Regina P

I enjoyed this film. I wasn't expecting to see a score that low, dang. There were so many recognizable actors here, and I had no idea this film had even existed. I knew where this was going a few minutes before it was revealed who the representative from the company was. It wasn't mind-blowing, but I don't have too many complaints for what it is.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/30/23

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David D

It was better than the ratings but did not fully develop the story. It ran slowly at times. The ending was worth the movie. If you are keen, you will predict the ending, however.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/23

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Luke Scott

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Kate Mara

Lee Weathers

Anya Taylor-Joy

Morgan

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Synopsis

Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a bioengineered child who began walking and talking after one month of existence, exceeding the wildest expectations of her creators. When Morgan attacks one of her handlers, a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) visits the remote, top-secret facility where she's kept to assess the risks of keeping her alive. When the girl breaks free and starts running amok, the staff members find themselves in a dangerous lockdown with an unpredictable and violent synthetic human.

Director: Luke Scott
Producer: Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
Screenwriter: Seth W. Owen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Scott Free Productions
Rating: R (Some Language|Brutal Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 2, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.9M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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