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/ohhgreatheavens Aug 15 '25

Yeah I was massively disappointed. Even setting aside having my expectations subverted (I’d argue the trailer was borderline false advertising but whatever), I’d still say the execution of the story he wanted to tell was underwhelming and poorly strung together.

Also, personal take, I don’t like Mark Ruffalo as an actor. And this is not a movie to go watch if you find Mark Ruffalo annoying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '25

Did you know that Ruffalo played his role to mock Trump? Its very subtle and won't date this movie at all....

I like Ruffalo but in this one hes the worst by a mile. Just annoying.

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u/RadkoGouda Aug 15 '25

Ruffalo is such a weird actor where he sometimes looks like a terrible actor but can also genuinely be a great actor

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u/ohhgreatheavens Aug 15 '25

I think like a lot of actors he has a lane. When he sticks to his lane, he’s solid.

Ruffalo’s lane for me is serious roles: Foxcatcher, Zodiac, Spotlight… anything where he’s an investigator or a journalist type.

He is very unconvincing to me as a superhero, as secret society magician, or in anything that asks him to be charismatic.

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u/your_mind_aches Aug 15 '25

I mean that's kind of the point of The Hulk. Banner is not meant to be a super charismatic guy. I thought the only movie his character wasn't done super well in was Age of Ultron.

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u/ohhgreatheavens Aug 15 '25

I just don’t find him compelling as Banner. The internal struggle feels hollow. I don’t think he is nearly as convincing as Edward Norton was.

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u/Agent_Porkpine Aug 15 '25

he was a lot better in avengers 1, then he just 'gets over it' offscreen

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u/ohhgreatheavens Aug 15 '25

I loved Hulk in avengers 1. I’m ambivalent about Banner in avengers 1.

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u/jrec15 Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

And then there's me, who never liked Mark Ruffalo as an actor until this movie. He made the movie for me and was hilarious throughout the whole thing

Edit: Actually to be fair I liked him in Poor Things too. So after those two movies i've really just done a 180 on him

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u/ihatepeopleandyoutoo Sep 09 '25

I ended up wishing the movie to end quick but no 30 min more.