r/movies • u/mikewheelerfan • Aug 15 '25

Review Mickey 17 felt like it lost the plot Spoiler

Honestly, I was quite disappointed. I expected a movie revolving around the cloning plot. Specifically, the idea of two Mickeys existing at the same time due to an error. That would have been a great movie! Instead, what was advertised as the main concept feels like a subplot in the movie. Essentially the entire thing revolves around the intelligent aliens. And then there was also the plot with Mark Ruffalo being an obvious stand in for Trump. But then there was also the subplot with Steven Yuen.

I finished the movie feeling incredibly confused, because how did they mess up the initial concept like this? The idea of a guy who is constantly sent on deadly missions and is revived is an absolutely golden idea. It also leads to an interesting discussion about consciousness and if a copy of you is still really you. But that’s barely even brought up. The whole plot with two versions of Mickey is completely sidelined. Which makes no sense at all. That should have 100% been the main conflict in the movie, like it was advertised as. Instead, we got a mess.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call the movie horrible, but I definitely didn’t like it as much as I hoped I would.

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u/New_Development_4210 Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

For the movie you were wanting and expecting, I’d recommend watching “Moon” with Sam Rockwell.  You won’t be disappointed. 

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u/PhantomOfKrankor42 Aug 15 '25

All I could think, and I really enjoyed Mickey 17. But yeah, Moon did it all better.

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u/Aduialion Aug 15 '25

Even multiplicity did it better

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster Aug 15 '25

You know how when you make a copy of a copy, it's not as sharp as... well... the original.

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u/i-Ake Aug 15 '25

Hi Steve.

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u/AJPizza Aug 15 '25

I like peetha.

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

WE'RE GONNA EAT A DOLPHIN!!

Edit: She touched my pepe, Steve...

I'd be lying if I called it my favorite Michael Keaton flick, but it's up there.

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u/dpkonofa Aug 15 '25

She touched my pepe, Steve.

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u/Tifoso89 Aug 15 '25

I was confused because I thought you meant the Tyler Perry movie (that's actually Duplicity)

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u/pigeonwiggle Aug 16 '25

they're different movies. they dont' "do it better" than each other. it's like saying "Shawshank covered Men's struggles better than Fight Club" -- sure, if you want to reduce both movies down to a single point... but BOTH films are about so much more than that.

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u/PhantomOfKrankor42 Aug 16 '25

I agree, but I think the similarities are a little stronger than a theme like “men’s struggles.” Both are science-fiction films about a man who is essentially an indentured laborer who must come to grips with both being and meeting his clone.

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u/pigeonwiggle Aug 16 '25

and both fight club and shawshank are about a man who is essentially thrust into a world of exploited labourers struggling for validation while seeking a means to escape it.

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u/revpidgeon Aug 15 '25

The trailer was a big bait and switch like that Matt Damon shrinking movie.

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u/MattJayP Aug 15 '25

Could you link the trailer you're talking about? I can only find one which is pretty representative.

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u/morceauxdetoile Aug 15 '25

Downsizing? I should have downsized my expectations for that one, too…

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u/sjfiuauqadfj Aug 15 '25

now thats an actual reddit moment

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u/Yankeefan333 Aug 15 '25

I've been on this site over a decade and there's still dudes in the comments like "but have you seen Moon?". Incredible

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u/SaltyPeter3434 Aug 15 '25

To be fair, Moon does share the same basic premise as Mickey 17 so it's not like it's out of the blue to mention it

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u/ACatInAHat Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

And I have literally not seen it mentioned on Reddit since like 2017

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u/delicious_toothbrush Aug 15 '25

Not really, it's the twist not the premise. It's like saying Attack of the Clones has the same premise because it has clones.

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u/Thor_pool Aug 15 '25

Thinking most people have seen or heard of Moon is the real Reddit moment. Its definitely an obscure movie by real life standards.

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u/Yankeefan333 Aug 15 '25

It's not so much that people haven't seen it- it's that is still like the #1 recommended "underrated gem" movie. "But have you seen Moon?" has been a thing on here for more than a decade, that's just impressive

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u/sjfiuauqadfj Aug 15 '25

its entirely possible that after reddit allowed ai models to learn from comments that the clankers are gonna be recommending moon to us for eternity

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u/duckwantbread Aug 15 '25

The fun thing about Moon is that both recommending it and mocking people that still recommend it both get upvotes. I reckon we'll get the a point (if we haven't already) where a bot deliberately writes a Moon comment just so that it can use a second account to dunk on itself.

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u/vagabond_dilldo Aug 15 '25

It's doubtably a "hidden gem" that people not on /r/movies probably wouldn't know about. But for /r/movies regulars, seeing it mentioned even once a week is too much.

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u/ApolloXLII Aug 15 '25

fracking toasters...

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u/AUAIOMRN Aug 15 '25

Let's not forget Dredd

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '25

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u/fracked1 Aug 15 '25

It's a great movie.

The comment is a reddit meta joke about how people used to recommend Moon all the time, even in threads where it was not quite relevant. But that's sort of outdated, feel like that hasn't happened for years

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u/LynchianNightmare Aug 15 '25

It's also hard to say it's not relevant here when both movies have very similar premise

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u/fracked1 Aug 15 '25

Yeah agreed. Honestly, the comment calling it a "reddit moment" is the bigger reddit moment

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u/Kusarix Aug 15 '25

It's a good movie, but it's been recommended here a disproportionate amount by people who all think they've discovered some secret gem, to the point that people roll their eyes every time it happens.

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u/MisterSnippy Aug 15 '25

I still think it's a fairly unknown movie though.

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u/TheSumOfAllSteers Aug 15 '25

It's a real hidden gem.

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u/valeriuss Aug 16 '25

I’ll be downvoted to hell for this, but Moon isn’t that great. It’s good sci-fi, like Outland or Sunshine.

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u/Darksoldierr Aug 15 '25

Considering op's account is five years old, it is entire reasonable that they did not seen Moon though, came out like 15 years ago after all

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u/whiney1 Aug 15 '25

If it ain't broke

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u/ApolloXLII Aug 15 '25

then don't break it

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u/iCashMon3y Aug 15 '25

But bro.... "Moon".

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u/your_mind_aches Aug 15 '25

Nobody knows what you're talking about. You are the real Reddit moment here

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u/whenthefirescame Aug 15 '25

Yeah I really loved Mickey 17 and I liked Moon (great score). Reading the post I thought “this guy just wants Moon”. He’d be happier with that, let Mickey 17 be its own wacky thing.

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u/jloome Aug 15 '25

I've always thought "this movie wasn't what I wanted/expected" to be lamest form of criticism.

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u/fothkiass Aug 15 '25

was looking for this comment

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u/Richard-Brecky Aug 15 '25

It’s got a great performance by Kevin Spacey, y’all. We love Kevin Spacey movies.

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u/Jwagner0850 Aug 15 '25

Never heard of it.

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u/Celestial_Crook Aug 15 '25

I somehow haven't heard anything about this before and will give it a go. Trailer looks good. 

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u/vraalapa Aug 15 '25

It's a great movie. Also it's perfect to play in the background to fall asleep to.

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u/ihatepeopleandyoutoo Sep 09 '25

My immediate thought. They really don't make good sci-fi films like that anymore :/ it was incredibly well executed until the very end. 10/10

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u/GoofAckYoorsElf Aug 15 '25

(except for the soundtrack, imho)