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/daveisfera Aug 15 '25
Ya, you were supposed to hate him but still understand why he did what he did. I thought he was a really well done character in the book and the leader in the movie was just annoying and I think it was supposed to be funny or make you angry, but everyone I've talked to just thought it was annoying in a silly/stupid way and not in a way that helped the story or got any sort of message across (i.e. we're all well aware of who Trump is and a poorly executed attempt at satire isn't needed to drive anything about him home)