Advantageous

Set sometime in the future where automation has made jobs scarce, medicine has made health endless, and the economy has devolved into a serious have/have not. Gwen is the face of a prominent company that controls much of peoples lives and her face is the delivery mechanism for most information. However, youth is prized above all and her company is developing new products to deliver youth to the masses, at a cost of course. This is a remarkably personal portrayal of Gwen's life and career, her familial interactions and her careful deliberation over important life decisions. We are given the time to struggle with difficulty, without getting bored or feeling slow. It is a film that comes across as a book, in a good way. And yet, with all of this subtle, quality filmmaking, it still comes across as a pretty standard treatment of the sci-fi aspects of eternal youth. Well done, but in the end left me feeling flat.

3 stars (out of 5)