Vivarium

2019
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

79K

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Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, and Senan Jennings in Vivarium (2019)

On their search for the perfect home, Gemma and Tom visit a new house in a labyrinthine suburban neighbourhood. When they attempt to leave, each road mysteriously takes them back to where they started, leading them on a mind-bending trip, trapped in a surreal nightmare.

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A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

79K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,622

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total

Trivia
The opening sequence displays the activities of an avian (bird) brood parasite, which rely on other birds to raise their young. The brood parasite manipulates a host, of the same or another species, to raise its young as if it were its own, using brood mimicry, for example by having eggs (or pudgy, weird babies) that resemble the host's. This behavior relieves the parents from the investment of rearing young. Some bird species mitigate the risk of egg loss by distributing eggs among a number of hosts.

Goofs
When the main characters are dancing in front of the car you can see a crew member hiding behind the car door.

Quotes
Gemma: Did you see the boy?
Tom: No.
Gemma: He's gone missing.
Tom: Well, so have we.

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: Quarantine Catch-up (part 2 of 2) (2020)

Soundtracks
Rudy A Message To You
Written by Dandy Livingstone (as Robert Thompson)
Performed by Dandy Livingstone
Used by permission of Carlin Music Delaware, a Round Hill Music Company
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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Featured review

7/10

Bizarre but strangely good.

I thought Vivarium was a nice surprise from a movie I didn't expect much of. The story is completely refreshing, i can't recall watching another movie with a similar story so that's already a positive point. There are too much movies with repetitive stories so to see one with an interesting plot it gets my attention. It's a weird story, so if you don't like the bizarre (that's those with the negative reviews) then you should just not watch it, you will be disappointed. Vivarium is the kind of movie that makes me talk out loud during the viewing, what I would do if I was in that case and so on. The plot is intriguing, the decor very minimalistic but that definitely adds to the odd ambiance, the cast is very small but good. Once you're in the story you defintely want to know what the hell is happening and where they are going to? Maybe the end could have been a bit more elaborated but overal it's a movie that deserves a better rating, just for creativity alone.