Captive State

Focus Features | Release Date: March 15, 2019

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 86 Ratings

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tropicAcesMar 15, 2019

It’s pretty bad. Horrible pacing, suspect special effects and no character development make this feel like the kind of movie Netflix would have put out four years ago...

7 of 10 users found this helpful73

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TVJerryMar 21, 2019

Instead of an aliens attack, this film takes place 9 years after they've taken control of Earth. Their presence is largely unseen, but they exert a demanding power over humans. Naturally, a group of rebels plots to destroy them. AnyoneInstead of an aliens attack, this film takes place 9 years after they've taken control of Earth. Their presence is largely unseen, but they exert a demanding power over humans. Naturally, a group of rebels plots to destroy them. Anyone expecting lots of cool sci-fi stuff will be massively disappointed. There are a few glimpses, but it's mostly a paranoid drama with lots of ominous threats and little payoff. The filmmakers have also chosen to keep us in the dark: Literally, a lot of scenes are in shadow that don't reveal much of the creatures and figuratively, it's often confusing to figure out what's happening. A plodding, dull disappointment… Expand

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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marco34laMar 16, 2019

This movie is literally UNWATCHABLE. It makes no sense - it's all over the place.
John Goodman, sporting a fresh dye job... cannot pass for 55 yrs of age. Period. He's 66 and there's a big difference. All that aside. It's a jumbled flat messThis movie is literally UNWATCHABLE. It makes no sense - it's all over the place.
John Goodman, sporting a fresh dye job... cannot pass for 55 yrs of age. Period. He's 66 and there's a big difference. All that aside. It's a jumbled flat mess that you won't be able to.. or want to follow. SAVE YOUR MONEY… Expand

7 of 15 users found this helpful78

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manningn15Mar 19, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was so boring that I had a hard time staying awake. I went into it thinking it was going to be a cool sci-fi alien action movie and it turned out to have like no action and barely showed the aliens. The acting was good it wasn't anything overly amazing but John Goodman did do a good job. This is probably my least favorite movie I have ever seen and I would never watch it again.… Expand

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

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real022Jun 20, 2019

So bad.

It seems that some kid wrote the script, in that case it`s ok. Otherwise it is just stupid.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

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insicknessJun 2, 2019

What a frustrating movie to watch. It had so many good elements: great production and music, great effects, cool aliens. But the story was completely muddled, unclear and lacked any arc at all. What were the protagonists trying to do? TheyWhat a frustrating movie to watch. It had so many good elements: great production and music, great effects, cool aliens. But the story was completely muddled, unclear and lacked any arc at all. What were the protagonists trying to do? They were some kind of insurgency against the (cliched) human-backed alien overlords, but we don't know if they were trying to blow up the aliens or what. To top it off, the ending was weak as hell.… Expand

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joelmpaFeb 21, 2021

Waste of time. Most of the film has people you don’t know running around to places you don’t know for reasons unknown. Could have been filmed in a parking lot. The big reveal is anything but. Goodman must have been desperate, though to beWaste of time. Most of the film has people you don’t know running around to places you don’t know for reasons unknown. Could have been filmed in a parking lot. The big reveal is anything but. Goodman must have been desperate, though to be paid fir one expression - a scowl - maybe isn’t that bad. At least Farmiga didn’t waste much screen time on it.… Expand