I saw the previews and expected a lot. I saw that there were some major actors in this and again, expected a lot. I have read some reviews that it was a lot like M. Night Shyamalan's works. But after watching, I felt it was more like The Happening with Mark Wahlberg. There were moments like it felt it was going somewhere. But, alas, at some point, it started feeling preachy. You know what I mean. People are bad (for the most part), greedy, vain, sexist, racist, and worse. And the environmental preachiness, for goodness sake. We get it , we understand: humans are destroying this planet out of....whatever. I agree, most of us agree. Most of the characters are just BAD people. I liked Mahershala Ali's character, Farrah Mackenzie's character, and Ethan Hawke's character (a little). But the rest were, as I said, bad. The writing was probably as good as it could be, within limitations. Some of the interactions between characters were just...weird. I felt like I wasted two hours, for the most part. And, of course, there will be people who love this film. They are wrong.
Review of Leave the World Behind
