Kimi Reviews
Zoë Kravitz is at her best in this compelling Hitchcockian film, that critiques Big Tech's ability to track our every movement.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2024
Steven Soderbergh ’s Kimi is a COVID-influenced technology thriller that is the director’s best film in years, with a likeable and introverted performance from Zoë Kravitz.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2024
If you want a film to get your uneasiness flowing, look no further than Kimi.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 22, 2024
Kimi is another example of Soderbergh's ability to handle stories that revitalize narrative structures from the past and update them with contemporary problems. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 2, 2024
...a stirring conspiracy thriller that exploits its COVID-era atmosphere to largely compelling effect.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2023
Working off a minimalistic but genuinely witty script by industry veteran David Koepp, Soderbergh proves once again just how very good he is at this sort of thing by wringing out maximum tension from a story that is the textbook definition of generic.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 31, 2023
It is well packed together... Soderbergh knows how to keep viewers engaged with his directorial style and MO.
| Original Score: B- | Jul 21, 2023
Kimi is another strong entry into Soderbergh’s filmography, showing his trademark stylistic flourishes, and it will likely make a fine companion piece to his previous tech thriller Unsane.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 19, 2023
There's a nice mix of comedy and thrills with some great sound design as things escalate from confusion and fear to full-on violent, home invasion attack mode.
| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 16, 2022
In bringing the paranoia thriller into the modern age, Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp have also delivered a film with a keen eye in correcting long-damaging cinematic tropes around the portrayal of Autistic characters.
| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 15, 2022
The second half is when the film’s thriller element amps up. It’s also where we see most of Soderbergh’s creativity both with sound and the camera.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2022
By keeping the film rooted in reality – like incorporating very familiar elements of the COVID-19 pandemic – everything about "KIMI" makes you realize how creepy and terrifying our digital world has become.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 27, 2022
The protest/van scene and the “Sabotage” sequence made me yell aloud in excitement.
| Jun 9, 2022
A long-overdue starring showcase for the bewitching Zoë Kravitz [...] here taking to the solo spotlight with an agile, unfussed air of can’t-be-bought-or-faked cool.
| May 31, 2022
Zoë Kravitz carries the film, at times without saying a single word. [Full review in Spanish]
| May 13, 2022
Kimi feels original. [ Full review in Spanish]
| May 11, 2022
Anyone leery of Big Tech’s data-mining capabilities should probably avoid this film, which frighteningly plays out the implications of a world where the tech in your home (or hand) records your every movement and decision.
| May 6, 2022
Kimi is very much in the same vein as [Soderbergh's] Sex, Lies and Videotape, The Girlfriend Experience and, especially, Unsane, intimate, fast-paced and drawing out -- and showcasing -- terrific performances.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2022
An interesting look on our relationship with technology in the pandemic era. Effectively told with its use of lighting and camera work. But leaves something to desire with its premise.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2022
Pretty familiar under the surface, but references to COVID, and Soderbergh's skilled touch make it a throughly entertaining sit.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 28, 2022