Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

2018

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 142650 142.7K

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Plot summary

In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.

Director

David Slade Photo
David Slade

Top cast

Will Poulter Photo
Will Poulter as Colin Ritman
Alice Lowe Photo
Alice Lowe as Dr. Haynes
Craig Parkinson Photo
Craig Parkinson as Peter Butler
Jonathan Aris Photo
Jonathan Aris as Crispin
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792.92 MB
1280*576
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 22
1.49 GB
1920*864
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   ar   dk   de   gr   es   fi   fr   il   id   is   it   ja   kr   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   vi   cn  
25 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 67
13.96 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Rediith 7 / 10

A new experience, but that's about it

It never occurred to me that something like this would someday be tried. Kudos to Netflix for trying to push the boundaries of what is possible through this medium. That said, the whole thing felt like a game. A fascinating game because of the novelty, but I felt none of what usually a good film would elicit. Yes, there was a lot of anticipation of what would happen next, but overall, due to the frequent pauses to choose, there was no continuity or involvement in the story per se. Some of the choices too felt pretty childish. The idea that the character was actually feeling like he had no free will and felt compelled to do things as though someone (the viewer) was controlling him - well, it brings a smile the first time, but later, feels like something that perhaps a smoked-up teen would find mind boggling. Overall, yes, definitely something that people would be thrilled to watch and try, but I sincerely hope we do not have a lot of this type of interactive films - at least not at the expense of "normal" films.
Reviewed by a_mind_astray 7 / 10

Who is there?

The graphics and music were great, and the transition was smooth at the "crossroads". But the story... It didn't feel like much of a story, and then I felt pushed into making choices that I did not want to make. I think it captured the choose-your-own-path game feeling, but to me that didn't really feel right in a movie, everything felt too simple and a bit too forced. It's great that Black Mirror wanted to do something innovative, which this truly is, but because it is Black Mirror all the endings feel wrong. In a game like this, you play for the best outcome, but here, you just play to see what else you can get.
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