Utopia

Slightly Lynchesque (and it’s not just because of the goddamn rabbit) a bit like Gen Sekiguchi (and it’s not just because the over the top colors or Maskell’s role) and a bit too much of conspiracy in thus-far unseen garb. Mainly considerably original, considerably imaginative, considerably topical and at places considerably funny and chilling. Often both at once. Then just pretty chilling in terms of atmosphere. And considerably full of sultanas; it sure couldn’t be done without them. Simply conclusive proof that the Brits (and especially the alternative-biased Channel 4) are way ahead of the rest of the world at present. They are capable of presenting even this apparent nonsense, different just out of spite, as a hard-to-categorize movie which is not at all stupid despite all this craziness (and that’s not just because of the purpose of the vaccine). In this regard, a shame about the “huge revelations" during the final episode; it’s stupidly clichéd and completely unnecessarily. You’ll either love Utopia or hate it. That is an inherent reaction to similar works (but what can be called similar here, right?). With this movie, we simply can’t talk about mediocrity. Let’s have a sultana on that! (16.02.2013)