Antiviral (2012)
6/10
CELEBRITIES ARE NOT PEOPLE, THEY ARE GROUP HALLUCINATIONS
10 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
In the future the cult of celebrity reaches an inane position. People are famous for being famous. They pay to contract the same disease as a celebrity in order to feel closer to them. Meat is grown. synthesized from their DNA and is sold and consumed.

Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) works for the Lucus Clinic an agency whose flagship celebrity is Hannah Geist (Sarah Gadon). He freelances on the side, which causes trouble. He contracts a deadly virus shared by Hannah.

The film questions today's celebrity craze, reality star society. I found it interesting and engrossing, but lacking in entertainment as our star mopes about the screen. The dialogue and action was boring and slow. While the film clearly questions the celebrity cult, it fails to create a satire with bite.

Makes for an interesting, near thought provoking rental.

Parental Guide: No f-bombs (?), No sex. Brief nudity.
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