Sadly Over-hyped

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This is the latest in "Brave New World" inspired films. The scene is post "Great War" when 98% of the planet became uninhabitable. The world was divided into two. There was "The Peninsula" which we saw only in pictures. It was a world of regular people eking by. Our Brave New World society has developed without emotions and they are concerned with spending resources on space exploration rather than maybe help folks on the peninsula. A disease called Switched on Syndrome (SOS) happens when genes suddenly allow emotions. At this point you could write the script and perhaps do a better job.Kristen Stewart got selected to play a person that hides emotion in order to avoid the option of a "pain free death scenario." This was a boring film from start to finish. The characters had no character by design...and when they got SOS they strive not to show any character.Guide: No swearing or nudity. One "coupling" scene.

Throughout my entire first watching of the film I was left with the impression that this movie takes place in the same universe as Equilibrium. Same plot line. Same history. So instead of feeling like this movie is a copycat, I went with the idea that it is just another story line from the same time-line. This makes it easier to watch. That being said, this movie is basically just a string of recognizable ideas. I would never describe it as original, or surprising. It seemed like the love child of many different well-known stories. The movie was brilliantly filmed, however. And the main actors did a fantastic job. It was fun to watch from beginning to end; compelling, interesting, and emotionally moving. It is worth a watch.

Perhaps the most brilliant aspect of the film is how all of our understanding of emotions, how they work, what they do, the small interactions between them; everything is set aside. This creates a blank canvas on which director Drake Doremus paints the vivid hues we have become desensitised to. If you wish for a film that reignites your excitement for life, and it's chaotic harmony, Equals should do the trick.

unless the movie is exceptional, and this movie is exceptional. Yes, the first part of the film is a bit of a slow motion ho-hum, but once the stage is set, this movie begins to tear your heart out to the point you are screaming RUN. I am still shaking and emotionally drained, but it reminded me of what life is all about.I'm not a good critic as to the acting, music score, production and all that, just how I felt during and after the movie and this one turned me inside out and made me so thankful that I found my true love, and I'm male. This is a real gem!