With its binary gender roles and its participation in the backwards stereotype that empowering women emasculates men, it’s quite a conservative movie.

| Nov 7, 2024

If not for Clarke and Ejiofor’s performances, the ending to this story would have felt so unsatisfactory.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2024

The production design is top notch, but the story was muddled, the script needed work and the overall direction left me scratching my head.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 19, 2024

It was all vibes, but not much else

| Apr 24, 2024

The Pod Generation doesn’t cohesively, you know, encapsulate all this fodder for thought, but it’s a better-than-nothing situation; there’s enough going on here to warrant your attention, and the subsequent light-to-mediumweight pondering it inspires.

| Mar 5, 2024

The material they’re [Clarke and Ejiofor] given is often slim and simple, but they lean into it with everything they can offer, and find the relatability in characters who feel more like symbols than like people.

| Sep 13, 2023

...its nearly two hours feel like an idea that’s overextended without having been thought out, wasting the resources of the actors involved...

| Aug 21, 2023

As it explores the intriguing and inevitable convergence of artificial intelligence and corporate greed, the film lacks conviction as a progressive satire beneath the slick futuristic surface.

| Aug 18, 2023

By walking past the more provocative potential tangents, The Pod Generation respectfully picks its intimate path and still melds a unifying empathy that only a new child can impose.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 18, 2023

The first half is far more intriguing than the second, but still, there is plenty to admire in this kooky artificial-birth satire.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 18, 2023

The Pod Generation introduces some intriguing concepts but largely fails to explore them fully during its runtime.

| Aug 16, 2023

The film’s subject matter seems ridiculous but also terrifying like it's foreshadowing reality. There’s a lot of awkwardness in the satirical humor and it lacks the depth it needs to really make an impact, but it's fascinating nonetheless.

| Aug 16, 2023

The movie’s core is as inert as an uncharged iPhone, taking most of the sting out of its cautionary satire.

| Aug 14, 2023

The Pod Generation satirically addresses our dependence on technology, the definition of female empowerment, and humanity's loss of connection to nature. There's never any real moments of angst or tension. The film treads into lukewarm territory.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 13, 2023

Those looking for a thoughtful, gentle film which will leave you with something to think about will find “The Pod Generation” offers views a “what if?” that may not be as far-fetched as we might like.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 12, 2023

Though she provides few answers, Barthes’s film shows the dangers of imposing corporate greed (or political agendas) over the natural process of birth.

| Original Score: B | Aug 12, 2023

Part sci-fi satire, part futuristic dramedy, and almost entirely sterile, it seeks to make lofty comments about our world, and the politics of women’s and workers’ autonomy. However, it scarcely has anything to offer beyond sleek technological designs...

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 11, 2023

The Pod Generation has big ideas but does not deliver on all of its potential.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 11, 2023

The film, set in the near future, is curiously old-fashioned.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 11, 2023

An opaque expression of an overly simple thesis.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 11, 2023