Best movie to exposition dump: What critics think about ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
- The film has Keanu Reeves reprising his role as Neo while Priyanka Chopra joins the world of Matrix
- Directed by Lana Wachowski, the Keanu Reeves-starrer has left critics divided
- While some thoroughly enjoyed the film, many didn't share similar opinions
The review of ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ will not be out until next week but few international film critics have shared their initial reactions to the film on Twitter. For some, the Lana Wachowski’s directorial was the ‘best movie ever made’ to ‘2.5-hour exposition dump.’
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According to Forbes critic Scott Mendelson, the movie is a ‘comedy’.
“The Matrix Resurrections is a comedy. The action is disappointing and the new characters are thin. But the metatextual commentary is biting. It wrestles with its own legacy in that Jurassic World/Bad Boys 3/Rp1 fashion. I prefer the first three, but this is a wild swing,” he tweeted.
IndieWire’s David Ehrlich, on the other hand, called The Matrix Resurrections ‘boldest sequel since The Last Jedi.’
“The Matrix Resurrections, despite (and because of) its infinite goofiness, is the boldest and most vividly personal Hollywood sequel since The Last Jedi. a silly/sincere galaxy brain take on reboot culture that makes peace with how modern blockbusters are now only about themselves,” he wrote.
Clayton Davis from Variety said that the film’s focuses on the love story.
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“The Matrix Resurrections is too self aware of its existence. Poking fun at itself a bit too much, it’s very heavy on the love story, with not a lot of showstopping action and effects, which is what the people want. Best part is Jonathan Groff but that’s just life at this point,” he tweeted.
The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth film from the Matrix franchise, brings back Keanu Reeves as Neo, 18 years after he played the role in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003.
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The latest Matrix film not only stars some familiar faces from the franchise – Keanu, Carrie-Anne Moss and Jada Pinkett-Smith – but also adds a few new names to the franchise, including Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, and Priyanka Chopra.
As the trailers have revealed, the film shows Neo trapped inside the computer-generated world with no memory of his past.
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