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Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

2022
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 47m
A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, which alters their biological makeup. (imdb)

Directed by:

David Cronenberg

Screenwriter:

David Cronenberg

Starring:

Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Don McKellar, Léa Seydoux, Denise Capezza, Tanaya Beatty, Lihi Kornowski

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Horror

Countries:

Canada, France, Greece

Language:

English
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Crimes of the Future

2022
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 47m
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mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 31 May 2022
91
90th
Shades of post-apocalyptic horror, neo-noir, and environmental cautionary tale, but it’s all Cronenberg, baby. Tension is beautifully sustained by means of persistent violation - decay, dirt and disease - the gore becomes a welcome release, proving the point. It’s as intellectually brilliant as the moral is despairing. I’m in awe of Cronenberg applying his stamp of horror not just to the individual body, but to the Earth and our future, whole cloth. If surgery is the new sex, what are children?
Rated 31 May 2022
jschlanskyJSchlansky
Rated 17 Jun 2022
79
73rd
Cronenberg returns to his roots in beautifully grotesque fashion. This is the Cronenbergiest Cronenberg film Cronenberg has Cronenberged in decades. I was loving the entire experience up until the ending blindsided me because I was certain there was still 30 minutes left. So many of its plot threads were left completely unresolved and character journeys left halfway finished that I expected to find that a Crimes of the Future Part 2 had already been announced even though that sounds ridiculous.
Rated 17 Jun 2022
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 30 Jun 2022
60
34th
David Cronenberg's Assholes With Arms in Them! Finding some new flesh in old bottles. Whenever you hear about a movie being shocking and there were people walking out in disgust its code for old people will walk into any movie and be surprised. K Stew forever.
Rated 30 Jun 2022
schnofelschnofel
Rated 29 Jun 2022
81
92nd
Here's a very tightly delineated story of evolution set in a post-human world, where Cronenberg's style manifests the same way Seydoux's removal of Mortensen's organs does: the grotesque subsumed by its musical/artistic quality. The audience is never really in danger as this is as sensual and dreamy as anything by Jean-Claude Brisseau. Silly at times, but also one of the essential films of this decade.
Rated 29 Jun 2022
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 25 Jun 2022
40
28th
Long live the new sex! (Which is...surgery?)
Rated 25 Jun 2022
twincinematwincinema
Rated 04 Jun 2022
40
18th
As my dad has always said, nothing good has ever come from performance art. It is funny that every year, there's a film that has people walking out of the theatre because of its grossness. Then I see it, and it's so tame.
Rated 04 Jun 2022
yiannosYiannos
Rated 09 Oct 2022
55
37th
A return to type rather than form, COTF finds DC navigating familiar territory, but it's a damn sight better than his last film, and it has an interesting style and a few striking images. The dialogue, however, is both pretentious and stilted, even in the context of the themes he is exploring, and while it builds a mood of tension slowly through subtle and overt means, it doesn't really amount to much. Mortensen is also rather weak at times, hamstrung by a poorly developed character.
Rated 09 Oct 2022
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 07 Oct 2022
59
51st
- Let's have sex. - Ok just let me sharpen my knives first...
Rated 07 Oct 2022
bofbof
Rated 16 Jul 2022
75
71st
First watch: In a way, I'm both elated and a bit disappointed to have Cronenberg back to his old tricks, even if it's far more Spider and eXistenZ than Scanners and The Brood. It's slow, but methodic. It's gory, but not flashy about it. It asks the viewer for much, and almost repays it. The ending gives me Martyrs vibes, but I'm not entirely convinced Cron' would agree. It's a 20 year old script that somehow feels perfectly 2022, which may be the scariest thing about it.
Rated 16 Jul 2022
darknightsDarkNights
Rated 27 May 2022
49
26th
Plaira aux cinéphiles qui apprécient les films sans même savoir pourquoi, c'est très actuel. C'est graphique et démonstratif et donc ennuyeux. Kristen Stewart est celle qui ouvre les hostilités.. avant de disparaître lamentablement. Le film tente toujours de créer de nouvelles intrigues... pour échouer encore et encore, c'est barbant. Heureusement, la mise en scène est parfois très efficace (la danse de l'homme aux oreilles, la première performance).
Rated 27 May 2022
mspraguemsprague
Rated 07 Nov 2024
75
73rd
Uh, what the hell did I just watch? Great cast, loved the cop and the two repair girls in particular.
Rated 07 Nov 2024
mrsseriousMrsSerious
Rated 24 Sep 2024
40
1st
Sorry David, nothing fresh or adding to cronenberg-ian viewpoint of modernism this time. Felt old fashioned in comparison to emerging post modernism readings of reality,
Rated 24 Sep 2024
khamulKhamul
Rated 03 Sep 2024
30
2nd
Creepy and gross? Sure, as expected. But not only that. It's also a lot of surprisingly bad acting, weird dialogue including some exposition dumps, and lackluster CGI. Yeah, it's probably clearly Cronenberg but also Cronenberg at his worst?
Rated 03 Sep 2024
luckyboyluckyboy
Rated 25 Aug 2024
78
45th
Cronenberg is the master of making films that are uncomfortable to watch. This is one of them.
Rated 25 Aug 2024
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 26 Jun 2024
5
41st
I get what Cronenberg is trying to tell with this movie, but I wish the more artsy movie directors would make movies on topics other than art itself. It seems every auteur film is about film as a genre, if not frontally then at least under the surface. No David, I don't care how much of yourself you show in your movies, how much you sacrifice for me. I'm still just here to watch the weird set pieces you come up with, and won't bite at your pretentious message. Sorry.
Rated 26 Jun 2024
djrossdjross
Rated 27 May 2024
65
71st
As if dreamed by the Mantle twins, with hints of Brundlefly (acid-saliva) and Ronnie (pregnancy horror), as well as Max Renn (openable belly). Many responses miss that to a significant degree it’s a comedy, Cronenberg making fun of his own preoccupations. Obviously that's not all it is, and the way it weaves its themes about the defunctionalisation and refunctionalisation of (relationships to) the body, the role of art, and the virtues or otherwise of “openness”, are all pretty interesting.
Rated 27 May 2024
brrrpbrrrp
Rated 19 Feb 2024
65
51st
Harks back to the eXistenZ and Crash era, which are not my favourite Cronenberg films. He sketches in a very interesting world with a lot to unpack, but feels curiously underpopulated (similar to theatre - probably a conscious reference). Many ideas or plot elements are left unresolved. Likely more rewarding to talk/think about afterwards than watch.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
kavuKavu
Rated 15 Jan 2024
82
76th
It's rough even for Cronenberg, but also quite visionary and in a way, rather enjoyable.
Rated 15 Jan 2024
sergebarbersergebarber
Rated 03 Jan 2024
80
86th
A masterful weirdness
Rated 03 Jan 2024
cuervoCuervo
Rated 28 Dec 2023
65
49th
You love or you hate it, nothing between. Is not an easy movie to watch.
Rated 28 Dec 2023
kenmeistersKenMeisters
Rated 28 Dec 2023
81
86th
About five minutes into the movie there is a living(?), wobbling, insect carapace bed which is bizarre sight to behold. But it immediately give you solace in the fact that Cronenberg is gonna do what he does best.
Rated 28 Dec 2023
sfgse83rf3sfgse83rf3
Rated 16 Dec 2023
4
90th
The ultimate Cronenberg: exploring body horror as artistic expression. It does lack the "feel" of his earlier movies, sadly.
Rated 16 Dec 2023
joojooJooJoo
Rated 08 Aug 2023
4
56th
An interesting attempt at Cronenberg inventing his own Interzone with mixed results.
Rated 08 Aug 2023
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 15 May 2023
64
67th
good movie
Rated 15 May 2023
nbpNBP
Rated 10 Mar 2023
7
47th
"Crimes Of The Future" is an undercooked cinematic offering from a master of body horror, but it is still a distinctive and thought-provoking film that will appeal to fans of David Cronenberg. The film's unique world-building and philosophical approach to the story make it a must-watch, even if it falls short in its execution.
Rated 10 Mar 2023
war_machineWar Machine
Rated 17 Feb 2023
60
26th
LSnudesoaestheticitlookslikecgilool+someprettycoolshitmakesitmildlycool
Rated 17 Feb 2023
orcunyondemorcunyondem
Rated 18 Dec 2022
11
14th
I believe there's an unwritten rule as to show Lea Seydoux naked if you cast her. Also I have no idea why I thought this was a time travel movie.
Rated 18 Dec 2022
hajikarimihajikarimi
Rated 17 Nov 2022
86
23rd
Not delivered
Rated 17 Nov 2022
menialretconMenialRetcon
Rated 07 Nov 2022
63
5th
Thought maybe this would be creepy Cronenberg time travel, it isn't. First half was ok but I lost interest after that.
Rated 07 Nov 2022
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 01 Nov 2022
50
35th
The usual Cronenberg style, so nothing new here. Watchable for the spectacle.
Rated 01 Nov 2022
mcproustMCProust
Rated 22 Oct 2022
90
94th
It's a tiny bit disheartening that Cronenberg has made his most didactic movie to date (to a fault, frankly), complete with an intradiegetic performance repeatedly mocked for being strange for strangeness' sake, only for the overwhelming response to be: "That's our Dave, being a weirdo again." The promise of Videdrome's still quaint world of videos and cathodic tubes has come to pass: we are forever altered, and the New Flesh can no longer be refused, only slowed or helped along.
Rated 22 Oct 2022
neonmanNeonman
Rated 10 Oct 2022
72
44th
It'll certainly appeal to the body modification crowd. This film is a serious-minded exploration of a peculiar future, helped by Cronenberg's trademark organic-analog futuristic technology. It is narratively a bit inert, and certainly boring in parts, but comes together as a whole nicely enough upon its conclusion. I imagine myself, and many others, revisiting it a decade or two from now and feeling it's dated well. Kristen Stewart is very ungood.
Rated 10 Oct 2022
shewasSheWas
Rated 08 Oct 2022
70
69th
The best Cronrnberg since Exzistenz is still, sadly, Antiviral :,( Such bad dialogue, how is that even possible
Rated 08 Oct 2022
overratedoverrated
Rated 06 Oct 2022
51
50th
Conceptually this didn't really speak to me as much as Cronenberg's older stuff, and compared to Eastern Promises Mortensen is forgettable here, but when it comes to the body horror: https://youtu.be/AKJW9uCW9xc?t=8
Rated 06 Oct 2022
jbynjbyn
Rated 29 Sep 2022
60
21st
I had just started to become immersed in the story and the dystopian future when suddenly the credits rolled.
Rated 29 Sep 2022
bownBown
Rated 22 Sep 2022
69
21st
Only Cronenberg could parody Cronenberg this well.
Rated 22 Sep 2022
mrcinemaMr.Cinema
Rated 08 Sep 2022
68
81st
Great Bizarre Conseptual Film!!! we can say screenplay has some problems, but the high level performance of cats & crewes, covers it. I geuss Cronrnberg is very satisfied with the result of his work!!!
Rated 08 Sep 2022
kasperlKasperL
Rated 08 Sep 2022
30
10th
Even though it sports some interesting performances and an effective Howard Shore score, this is definitely my least favorite Cronenberg movie (even worse than "Maps to the Stars"). I just don't buy this particular vision of the future, and I wasn't one bit amused by the satirical elements.
Rated 08 Sep 2022
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 28 Aug 2022
62
39th
2022'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 182. Crimes of the Future (2022) Film ne yazık ki daha önceki #Cronenberg filmleri gibi beni içine %100 alamadı. Sadece hayranlarına önerebilirim. Videodrome ve Existenz sevdiyseniz bu filmi de sevebilirsiniz.
Rated 28 Aug 2022
iqcumberiqcumber
Rated 28 Aug 2022
62
34th
Half-baked narrative provides pretext for standard Cronenberg eroticised body horror
Rated 28 Aug 2022
rollorollo
Rated 21 Aug 2022
10
7th
Pretentiously theatrical
Rated 21 Aug 2022
michaelm2391michaelm2391
Rated 13 Aug 2022
75
77th
weirdly one of his best movies since The Fly. cronenberg going full Videodrome on us
Rated 13 Aug 2022
hisblobhisblob
Rated 08 Aug 2022
75
58th
the Kristen scene in the middle at 1:09:14 which is really about the narcissist bond is pretty good
Rated 08 Aug 2022
sakujoSakujo
Rated 07 Aug 2022
34
1st
Pretentious, pseudo-intellectual bs
Rated 07 Aug 2022
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 05 Aug 2022
75
80th
Somewhat weird mix of the more austere, self-restrained, mysterious Cronenberg features from the last 20 years and his classic sci-fi, body horror, futuristic, post-human work, sometimes struggling to find a voice, but always rewardingly original in its particular way to look at our sick connection to technology and our obsessions with evolution and body 'enhancement'. Erotic sections are brilliant. Spycraft material not so much. Gotta revisit it soon.
Rated 05 Aug 2022
feritdgnferitdgn
Rated 30 Jul 2022
75
75th
In Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg examines the destruction of aesthetics and the metamorphosis of art. Issues such as the reality/existence of the body, its inevitable evolution, and the future of human beings are explored in a post-apocalyptic world. Stunning visuals, enigmatic and more. It has the same taste as EXistenZ and Crash. I'm so glad Cronenberg is back.
Rated 30 Jul 2022
kadikoykadikoy
Rated 29 Jul 2022
65
62nd
Delice 1 sevda. Kısa 1 film açılışıyla başlayan film, 1 çiftin ilginç sanat olaylarına şahit oluyoruz. Bu sanat olayları insan vücudundaki tümörlere şekiller verip çıkarmak. Değişik ama ilginç. Lea Seydoux harika olduğu film, sanatın işgüzarlığını aktarıyor. Acımadı ki durumları da abartı. Filmin sonunda, Viggo Mortensen güle güle. Bir çizik attım kara kaplıya vah. Vah yine bana kısmet yeni acılar.
Rated 29 Jul 2022
gabrielpGabriel_p
Rated 26 Jul 2022
80
68th
Wildly original, which is no small accomplishment these days. It felt a bit short, I would have loved 30 more minutes exploring/explaining the plot.
Rated 26 Jul 2022
honestthiefHonest_Thief
Rated 20 Jul 2022
4
63rd
Back when Cosmopolis came out, I wasn't ready for Cronenberg's return to horror to be such a restrained and haunting movie; it was cold, unsettling and i loved it.What Crimes surprised me with was a frustrating and janky return to body horror that turned out surprisingly tender by the end.The humans of the future in Crimes don't feel pain finding new ways to explore their bodies in performance art that mescles bodymod with other forms of art, and… more
Rated 20 Jul 2022
dunetailsdunetails
Rated 12 Jul 2022
65
44th
Hate to say it but a bit pretentious, very on the nose,and not as good as his son's movie Possessor 😭
Rated 12 Jul 2022
christofchristof
Rated 09 Jul 2022
95
99th
The dead-pan-campiness of the 'performance-art' dialogue is wonderful and utterly hilarious. If Cronenberg was a noun, then this would be the most Cronenbergiest film ever...what a treat!
Rated 09 Jul 2022
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 07 Jul 2022
62
31st
Crimes of the Future is Jeunet-esque in its design (though perhaps a little prettier) and is accompanied by a score filled with sweeping sounds aimed to add an air of mystery in substitution for an well-executed plot. Cronenberg's exploration of transhumanism is interesting, but is let down by inane dialogue, irritating characters, and a world that only feels half-developed. Drink every time a character say "performance art".
Rated 07 Jul 2022
obdurateObdurate
Rated 06 Jul 2022
40
8th
Don't be fooled, this is NOT that gross, which isn't a criticism because I'm no gorehound. What it is, however, is rather lifeless. Underneath the admittedly cool premise it meanders in artistic banality and makes me use words like banality to describe it. I get it, but there's really nothing to latch onto here. You can make large statements about shit with characters that are worth listening to, but this ain't it. I don't even think how it explores its issues is that fantastic anyway.
Rated 06 Jul 2022
rihreyrihrey
Rated 29 Jun 2022
43
43rd
A deeply uninteresting film.
Rated 29 Jun 2022
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 26 Jun 2022
84
75th
Apesar da volta ao body horror, sinto que esse filme seja muito mais filosoficamente exploratório de uma ética e estética futura com base das coisas como são hoje do que qualquer outra coisa. Ou seja, da mesma forma que é tão atual metaforicamente, é também tão distante da nossa realidade factual. WEBRip RARBG.
Rated 26 Jun 2022
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 24 Jun 2022
53
41st
A return to Cronenberg's trademark technophobic venereal horror last seen in Existenz. The characters' motivations are all tied to obscure features of the crudely-drawn biological sci-fi world portrayed. This makes everything pretty interesting to watch, but it also dulls the dramatic effect so there's nothing for the viewer to really care or worry about.
Rated 24 Jun 2022
iamianimaniamianiman
Rated 24 Jun 2022
48
34th
Crimes of the ORGANization
Rated 24 Jun 2022
obtiosovobtiosov
Rated 21 Jun 2022
94
95th
Of course, Cronenberg shot a film that is the love child of the "Sickos: ha ha ha, YES!" and microplastics salt shaker memes in the year of our lord, 2022. Could be Cronenberg's magnum opus? The leading trio is perfect. Better than Existenz and Crash imo.
Rated 21 Jun 2022
yesistastyyesistasty
Rated 17 Jun 2022
82
44th
Some great ideas and imagery. Didn't hit me in the sweet spot. The climactic sequence was excellent. A mixed bag I suppose.
Rated 17 Jun 2022
ajaywAjayw
Rated 16 Jun 2022
82
84th
Unoriginal and boring.
Rated 16 Jun 2022
doyler29doyler29
Rated 11 Jun 2022
90
87th
Even though I very much like a few of the films he made after the 1990s, they don't seem to have been driven by the desire to explore ideas. The main thing I have found disappointing in his later films is that films like "Eastern Promises" feel more like films he could make than films he really wanted to make. You can't really say that about this film.
Rated 11 Jun 2022
natebarriosnatebarrios
Rated 06 Jun 2022
55
25th
the Sark looks like the lucky meteor from Joe Dirt
Rated 06 Jun 2022
thervealThe_Rveal
Rated 03 Jun 2022
40
79th
Crimes of the Future has a tendency to place itself on the operating slab and ask the audience to extract the many themes that are growing out of its body. But it’s a credit to Cronenberg that he never makes it easy to unpack his films, however much they beg for interpretation. He’s made a film about climate change, evolution, technology, artistic expression, and the peculiarities of love and erotism, but his images feel as instinctual as they are formidably intellectual.
Rated 03 Jun 2022

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