Kimi

Name: Kimi
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: February 10, 2022
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Byron Bowers, Caleb Emery, Charles Halford, Derek DelGaudio, Devin Ratray

2022

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HBO Max | Release Date (Streaming): February 10, 2022 | R

Starring: Byron Bowers, Caleb Emery, Charles Halford, Derek DelGaudio, Devin Ratray, Emily Kuroda, Erika Christensen, George Evans, India de Beaufort, Jacob Vargas, Jaime Camil, Koya Harada, Leona Britt, Noelle E Parker, Rita Wilson, Robin Givens, Sarai Koo, Zoë Kravitz

Summary: An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker (Zoë Kravitz) uncovers evidence of a crime.

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Feb 17, 2022

With Kimi, director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp have dazzlingly updated Rear Window for the work-from-home age: their film puts a thrillingly contemporary spin on a vintage paranoia-drenched premise. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Feb 10, 2022

Ruthless and precise, Steven Soderbergh’s “KIMI” is a timely commentary on isolation and intrusion. Read full review

Collider Ross Bonaime

Apr 12, 2022

With a great lead performance by Kravitz, a plot that—like the KIMI device itself—is persistently upgrading and shifting, and a shockingly optimistic story despite the fear of the technological world, KIMI is a shining example that Soderbergh is one of the best directors working today. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Feb 9, 2022

With a simple but effective script and some fun visual experiments, it's an entertaining conspiracy thriller set in (and very much about) the post-pandemic world. Read full review

Justin Chang

Feb 10, 2022

Soderbergh, shooting and editing under his usual pseudonyms (Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard, respectively), has a gift for satirizing corporate mundanity, and for making everyday minutiae mesmerizing. He can turn typing fingers and blinking cursors into the stuff of quietly engrossing drama. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

Feb 9, 2022

Zoë Kravitz playing an endearingly awkward agoraphobe is always entertaining to watch, and often elevates the film in spots where it otherwise might flounder. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Feb 9, 2022

The most glaring problem here, and the one hardest to explain, is Soderbergh’s failure to elicit any warmth or charm from Zoë Kravitz, who has been consistently appealing in her every other screen performance, from blockbusters like the “Divergent” series to little independents like “The Road Within.” Read full review

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manningn15

Feb 21, 2022

KIMI was a thrilling and intense thriller that explored mental health struggles with a beautifully sensitive and realistic touch. Zoë Kravitz gave an exceptional and powerful performance. Also Alex Dobrenko and Devin Ratray gave good performances. The writing was outstanding. It was just aKIMI was a thrilling and intense thriller that explored mental health struggles with a beautifully sensitive and realistic touch. Zoë Kravitz gave an exceptional and powerful performance. Also Alex Dobrenko and Devin Ratray gave good performances. The writing was outstanding. It was just a great movie and my favorite movie I've seen this year so far.… Expand

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shoulderoforion

Feb 12, 2022

Kimi was so freaking good. The mysoginist chad incels must be heavy in these reviews, cause this movie was funny, charming, suspenseful, and satisfying. It was short flick, and well worth the time.

1 of 9 users found this helpful18

adamtaylor792

Aug 4, 2022

Science fiction works when it looks at real issues like surveillance and corporate coverups and puts them through a futuristic lens. Kimi does this very well. Side note after reading some of the user reviews here, it must be exhausting to watch anything just looking for women and minoritiesScience fiction works when it looks at real issues like surveillance and corporate coverups and puts them through a futuristic lens. Kimi does this very well. Side note after reading some of the user reviews here, it must be exhausting to watch anything just looking for women and minorities to be mad at.… Expand

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Badgerryan27

Sep 17, 2022

Mixed on this one. I liked the whole covid inspired aspect of this and her being an introvert but didn't work for me in the long run. It did have some nice moments and had some great suspense moments.

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Voodoo123

Feb 22, 2022

Kimi is an unsophisticated thriller that borrows heavily from classics in its genre rear window yet delivers little thats new (ahem covid restrictions and face masks?). There's a great cast here and some excellent sound design (the headphones cutting to silence was very effective). OverallKimi is an unsophisticated thriller that borrows heavily from classics in its genre rear window yet delivers little thats new (ahem covid restrictions and face masks?). There's a great cast here and some excellent sound design (the headphones cutting to silence was very effective). Overall production is top tier considering its quick production turn around.

Spoilers ahead but what little that worked well here is sadly and quickly discarded for a cheap and overly unrealistic mary sue murder spree victory finish with literal smiling 'oh, suddenly it seems murdering home invaders with a nail gun was the therapy that cured my agoraphobia ' moment. Although entertaining - couldn't help but feel theres was a massively missed opportunity for something more subtle and meaningful.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Faxthtax

Feb 12, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kravitz did an OK job portraying an annoying character you just want to punch in the face. She is mean to people, but it was probably the directors choice to give you a consequence interpretation of her illness.
However, nothing special. Weird camera movements and mediocre script all wrapped in a very low-budget looking movie package
The movie falls completely apart in the end though mainly because of the bad guys in the end. They are probably the worst most amateur idiots i have seen. Makes Harry and Marv almost Mensa members in comparison.… Expand

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Squashroll

Jul 18, 2022

Terrible movie. Feels like a bad, stretched out Black Mirror episode. Except Black Mirror is good...

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