For a philosophical and political cyberpunk film, it has some of the most inspired ideas and themes since eXistenZ and The Matrix, but it is structured and directed like a low-budget indie film and that really hurt its accessibility (and it's a pity because the message is really important). It felt like each character was a composite of 2-3 different characters' worth of ideas that didn't quite gel together. Maybe the script needed some trimming and polish, or maybe it would've worked better as a book than a film.

As food for thought, it was spectacular. As entertainment, not so much.

Watched for around 20 minutes and got so bored I turned it off. I cant remember the last movie I didn't finish so this was BAD....

OMG, I genuinely thought for the whole movie that Lang was played by The Boys' Antony Starr lol Starr and Scott Speedman could be twins!

Yessss I made it to the end

I was genuinely bored with this movie. I thought something would pick up or change in certain parts, but there just wasn’t here for me

I like the idea of people evolving and eating plastic. That would solve a lot of problems. But the rest of the movie? Just nonsense.

I also hated existenz so...

Painfully slow, and at the end couldn't stop thinking only but WTF. So many questions left. From this director i only have seen ExistenZ and it was a long time ago. I remember it was weird as hell, but don't quite remember if these are common traits of him.

There is a return to obsessions with the human body in this film noir that takes place in a painless society, where the new sex consists of the penetration of a scalpel. David Cronenberg builds art from the viscera, finds within the rebellion of nature against technology. There are moments of extraordinary visionary gaze, but also an obvious lack of budget. Wrapped in a fascinating soundtrack, the film walks steadily.

The only mystery here is that so few could miss the obvious point of Cronenberg's "Crimes of the Future".

Maybe not his best film, but really very very good.

Some interesting ideas and moments, but kinda boring and empty overall. I'm probably being overly generous by giving this a 6/10.

This may be Cronenberg's most sci-fi movie yet.
The fact is, I love David's movies; he can honestly do no wrong. That being said, I was never fully clear on what was going on here.
I mean, I got the overall premise, but as for the why, I can't tell you. Essentially, Earth has become so toxic, humans have evolved beyond pain, and in some cases, standard food. There's a lot more going on here, and I was just unclear on how all the pieces fit. All of this is fairly irrelevant, because I am used to Cronenberg's movies: I know they are going to be weird, like really weird, but they all make sense, even if it's not immediately apparent. The same cannot be said for other artistic directors.
The long and short of this is: If you are already a fan of Cronenberg's other movies, just watch this, it's really good. Reminded me a bit of _eXistenZ_. If you are not already a fan, do not start here... watch _The Fly_, work from there.

might as well start watching surgeries now

Not the most enjoyable of watches, it meanders a bit, though 'Crimes of the Future' is most certainly interesting throughout.

I tend to find films like this a little hit-and-miss, as I personally find the constant reaching for shock value or just simple weirdness a bit too forced. And this film does that a few times, but to be fair as the run time was ticking by I could definitely feel myself becoming more and more intrigued by events portrayed on screen.

Cast-wise, Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux great together, very good acting and very good chemistry. Don McKellar (just me who sees a Jeffrey DeMunn likeness in his eyes? probably ...) and Welket Bungué are more than decent too. Kristen Stewart and Scott Speedman give solid showings as well.

A, fair to say, weird one it is, but a weird one that I just about got enough from.

Future people eating plastic as a societal critique is one thing but the whole thing is just a big mess of quasi philosophical nonsense completely lost by the chock value of the plentiful shots of self mutilation.
None of the leads delivers a performance at their usual level but Kristen Stewarts is absolutely farcical.
It's like she's playing Anna Kendrick parodying Kristen Stewart.
And apparently $27 million gets you props that barely would have been up to par in the 80s.
The whole thing is just spectacularly bad.

It might be low expectations due to the mixed response it’s received, but I loved Crimes of the Future. It gave me the mid-tier ‘90s Cronenberg vibe (think Naked Lunch & eXistenZ) that I didn’t know I was craving. His droll humour is in full effect - god how I’ve missed his original scripts and this was only the second he’s had produced since Videodrome. I particularly enjoyed Viggo Mortensen & Kirsten Stewart’s performances but most of the actors were fun - Don McKellar turns in one of his standard oddball turns. Lots of fun nods to earlier Cronenberg movies too. Recommended if you’re nostalgic for that specific kind of body horror surrealist humour.

What a huge let down. This is an insufferably boring, lifeless and insultingly pretentious dystopian horror. I love how they market this as something truly shocking that would inspire walk outs out when it's not. I recently watched Alex Garland's pretentious sci-fi miniseries and this film gives the exact same energy if we remove all the body horror elements. Nothing about this film is particularly compelling. The lack of tension makes it feel drab and lifeless rather than thrilling. Don’t get me wrong, it looks great, the score is bomb, it has that Cronenberg weirdness all over it, and it seems like there are some interesting themes of human evolution and adapting to an ever-changing environment, but it's all packaged in a way to make it as mediocre as possible. Not to mention the rather uninteresting supporting roles (largely filler), which makes the runtime periodically feels too long. There are some good wince-inducing body horror moments, at least.

Cronenberg said he aimed for this film to be more artsy than 2 Girls 1 Cup, but not as ambitious as Human Centipede. He hit the mark.

More like ''Sex of the Future''. It's gross, perverted, disturbing and not a single likable character. Probably the weirdest movie i've watched in my life.