...the brilliance of the film is the way we become Garland’s Turing Test subjects.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 5, 2024

I enjoyed watching the small cast of characters conspire with and against one another within the confines of a chillingly beautiful and remote techno-bunker.

| Jan 27, 2021

A crackling good entertainment, a brainy science fiction picture executed in a clean, concise style, with a narrative as logical as it is unpredictable.

| May 28, 2016

It's just a story of four characters in a secluded location, shot on an obviously small budget. But deep inside of it is a fully imagined idea of where humanity is headed -- and what evils we're capable of.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2015

Ex Machina is a disquieting power struggle waged in terms of human weaknesses, refracted through gender.

Full Review | Nov 10, 2015

Ex Machina has a precise visual sheen that evokes David Fincher, and earns the sudden, quiet, powerful scares of his best work.

| Oct 14, 2015

This is a film of creepy modernity and prescience, as Metropolis was in its time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2015

While some decisions made by characters in the final act feel rushed and even unwarranted, I was always interested to see where this story went.

| Original Score: B | Apr 26, 2015

Ex Machina is the best movie I've seen all year.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 25, 2015

[A] methodically absorbing sci-fi drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2015

A clever film with one indelible performance from Isaac.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2015

"Ex Machina" takes its time, wrestling with questions of responsibility, morality and compassion while getting ever weirder. At its heart is Ava, played with a fine blend of innocence and quiet panic by Vikander.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 24, 2015

Ex Machina packs a scientist's brain inside a thrill seeker's body, much like the nubile robot within it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 23, 2015

[Oscar] Isaac - buffed, bald, and bearded - is the film's dramatic center as Nathan, a man betrayed by his own genius. He struts, he speechifies, he schemes, he scolds, all friendly menace and sly frankness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015

Like stage actors who live and breathe their roles over the course of months, Isaac, Gleeson, and Vikander excel, and cast a spell.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 23, 2015

This futuristic take on age-old motivations, jealousy and betrayal among them, makes Ex Machina clever and engaging throughout.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 23, 2015

With a stellar cast and seductive look, "Ex Machina" is a sleek contraption for capturing our imagination.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 23, 2015

A neat psychological thriller for the digital age. Great performances compensate for a slightly slim story.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 23, 2015

It's great when a movie messes with your head.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 23, 2015

Ex Machina is the best kind of speculative fiction: its action is brisk, its characters startling, and its meanings multifarious.

| Apr 22, 2015