The premise (how will the 6 sisters find out what happened to number 7 while avoiding getting caught in the near future where siblings are not allowed to live?) is interesting. Like many movies or books, it is not enough to carry the whole thing through. Rapace and others do a decent job with the script and the action is certainly fast-paced. Some of the character development for the Dr. Cayman (Glenn Close) is confusing, giving off mixed signals: just when we think she might have a conscious or she might actually be a puppet for other invisible powers, the ending throws this off and says "no, she knew all along."
While the story arc of the siblings is more satisfactory, the ending is problematic, to say the least. Although the world's population is a huge problem, the film ends with "hurray more babies" (not that we needed any of this kind of stuff in the end; the emotional end for the characters should have sufficed, the rest just seemed unnecessary and took away from the emotional cohesion.)
Beyond these overarching issues, there are many things that could have been different, some of which would have made the film better. The fact that the siblings insist on remaining in their apartment after the first invasion is too stupid and convenient. The fact that none of them ever (in 30 years) had fallen in love before or had done stupid stuff they lied about before (or not enough to get them in trouble) is rather unbelievable. The fact that all that time the apartment next door was empty and the siblings did not take advantage of this is unbelievable. The fact that after being ordered to keep things under wraps, the henchman decides to send armed guys who kill indiscriminately and blow up stuff is also unbelievable. And the list goes on...
This film is a Netflix original, so it is hard not to notice the similarities in plot points with another Netflix production, Okja. In a problematic near-future, evil woman promises world she will solve their problems with (insert solution) and girl/women fight against evil woman with the help of a bunch of guys and expose her for a liar...
What Happened To Monday is still worth watching, especially for sci-fi and Rapace fans. But it leaves a lot to be desired.
While the story arc of the siblings is more satisfactory, the ending is problematic, to say the least. Although the world's population is a huge problem, the film ends with "hurray more babies" (not that we needed any of this kind of stuff in the end; the emotional end for the characters should have sufficed, the rest just seemed unnecessary and took away from the emotional cohesion.)
Beyond these overarching issues, there are many things that could have been different, some of which would have made the film better. The fact that the siblings insist on remaining in their apartment after the first invasion is too stupid and convenient. The fact that none of them ever (in 30 years) had fallen in love before or had done stupid stuff they lied about before (or not enough to get them in trouble) is rather unbelievable. The fact that all that time the apartment next door was empty and the siblings did not take advantage of this is unbelievable. The fact that after being ordered to keep things under wraps, the henchman decides to send armed guys who kill indiscriminately and blow up stuff is also unbelievable. And the list goes on...
This film is a Netflix original, so it is hard not to notice the similarities in plot points with another Netflix production, Okja. In a problematic near-future, evil woman promises world she will solve their problems with (insert solution) and girl/women fight against evil woman with the help of a bunch of guys and expose her for a liar...
What Happened To Monday is still worth watching, especially for sci-fi and Rapace fans. But it leaves a lot to be desired.