Only

Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: March 6, 2020

4.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Ratings

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truerockFeb 2, 2022

"Only" is a film of the apocalyptic-pandemic genre. The pandemic kills women - but, not men.

Freida Selena Pinto plays Eva who is an undisciplined and emotionally unstable survivor of the pandemic. Her partner Will played by Leslie Lloyd"Only" is a film of the apocalyptic-pandemic genre. The pandemic kills women - but, not men.

Freida Selena Pinto plays Eva who is an undisciplined and emotionally unstable survivor of the pandemic. Her partner Will played by Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. is intelligent and disciplined and better able to cope with the pandemic.
Pinto does a fairly good job playing her role. Odom is good but not as good as Pinto. I think the casting director should have worked a little harder for a better male lead.

I enjoyed the film.

I think the reason the film is not particularly appreciated is because the directing is weak. The plot is reasonably interesting - but, the writing could have been improved in several places.… Expand

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Jeebus117Feb 4, 2021

Deliberately slow. Pacing is somewhat brutal, if you're hoping for something to actually happen. I feel like the use of flashbacks were misplaced. Usually, flashbacks are used as a narrative device to explain something, or round out aDeliberately slow. Pacing is somewhat brutal, if you're hoping for something to actually happen. I feel like the use of flashbacks were misplaced. Usually, flashbacks are used as a narrative device to explain something, or round out a character/story. These did neither. They gave us a tiny bit of backstory, but they didn't change my perception of the movie or characters.
Premise was alright, but nothing amazing. Acting was solid, but it pretty much had to be, considering 90% of the film is just the 2 of them. Overall, not a bad movie. But I won't be recommending it, or re-watching it.… Expand

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NobodyYouKnowJul 5, 2020

"Only" feels like a well-done student film... which is intentionally faint praise. It's the story of Eva and Will, a couple trying to keep safe during a pandemic whose virus only kills females. It starts off fairly promising by quickly"Only" feels like a well-done student film... which is intentionally faint praise. It's the story of Eva and Will, a couple trying to keep safe during a pandemic whose virus only kills females. It starts off fairly promising by quickly showing the gravity/danger of harboring a healthy (or just living) woman, but it almost as quickly starts to disappoint. There are some just plain stupid decisions made by the couple that unnecessarily put Eva in danger. They both know her life is in danger; so why go out in public for things like grocery store runs and diner waffles? Those contrivances felt like lazy writing looking for conflict.

Too much of the movie relies on TV news reports and flashbacks as expository devices. And the time jumps don't do much to clarify the narrative -- I felt like seeing the events in chronological order would've worked better.

Some quibbles:
1) Music is used too much to try to create drama. Just felt like it was trying to make up for the *lack* of drama.
2) Note to directors: *Please* stop doing shaky cam -- it's *such* a tired mechanic.

The ultimate problem is that "Only" takes far too long to get us emotionally invested in Will and Eva's plight. It isn't until there were just 15 minutes left that we finally see some real emotion from Eva (which was a flashback). When Eva breaks down, I finally felt what she must've been feeling, but it was too little too late.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariSep 17, 2020

(Mauro Lanari)
Fortunately a far cry from Cuarón's misandry, as the minutes pass "Only" reveals itself as a moving film about euthanasia when life is degraded to mere survival.

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