The Assessment
Directed by Fleur Fortuné6.66.8
In een door klimaatverandering geteisterde wereld optimaliseert een utopische samenleving het leven, inclusief ouderschapsbeoordelingen. Een succesvol stel wordt gedurende zeven dagen door een beoordelaar onder de loep genomen om te bepalen of ze geschikt zijn om kinderen te krijgen.
The Assessment Ratings & Reviews
- Kit Lazer13 april 2025I’m surprised this hasn’t made more of a splash. Sure, it’s weird as fuck and extremely discomforting but the production design and cinematography are pretty stellar and Ex Machina fans should be eating this up. They’re not similar in themes or plot but the aesthetic and tone is spot on—plus, you know, Alicia Vikander. Many might find it relatable trying to raise children in a dystopian hellscape wrecked by selfish fucks and climate change, idk.
- ayayron19 april 2025Ex Machina's Ava just trying to find her role in The New World
- Sheila Rose19 januari 2026Dark and bizarre and I loved it!
- Quirky Avatar5 januari 2026Fantastic world building. Would love to see more stories take place in this universe
- Jancukas29 november 2025Torture to watch, yet cannot stop watching
- Rob Logan | The Geek Generation12 april 2025This is a perplexing one for me as I generally love these type of high-concept sci-fi movies. The world-building is solid, the cinematography is on point, and the performances across the board are impressive, especially Vikander and Olsen. However, while The Assessment proposes some interesting questions and explores them to a point, it also contradicts itself at times. While it held my attention throughout due to the wild nature of its premise, it left me wanting more in the end.
- hawleyben12 oktober 2025A little too real on some of the tests.
- Mr. D16 mei 2025Highly psychological ride. Nice to see new ideas backed with fantastic performances.
- Edward16 april 2025In a way, it was cute and you could see where they were going with it but left me feeling a bit empty afterward. It was an interesting, somewhat new, sci-fi concept without the refinement you would have hoped for.
- Deep Sandune11 oktober 2025Excellent warning to all prospective parents, haha. An enjoyable watch.
- Paul Crane16 september 2025Great movie. Ending was a bit subpar but 100% worth a watch!
- MNKhawaja8 september 2025Twisted, disturbing and ultimately pointless
- Drinelson23 augustus 2025This was insane. Such a crazy concept and it worked so well. Dystopian movies/shows/books are my favorite and this one was well done.
- russrev1ews1 augustus 2025Intriguing world building and some genuine laugh out loud moments capturing the absurdities of parenthood, but something about the ending left me feeling a little muted.
- Marian Iulian12 juni 2025Not sure how to rate this, not so bad but not so good, strange but with a story
- superhoops7311 juni 2025Technically very well made but a completely soulless vapid empty depressing film. I can appreciate the performances and the film making craft from all but the film has no heart and I absolutely never want to watch this again.
- Kevin Ward30 juni 2025The Assessment is a thought-provoking Lo-fi Sci-fi drama that imagines a future where reproduction is no longer a right but a privilege—strictly controlled by the state to conserve dwindling resources like clean air, food, and fresh water. In this world, couples must undergo a rigorous seven-day government evaluation to determine their “worthiness” to become parents. Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel play Mia and Aaryan, a couple selected for one such trial. Enter Alicia Vikander, chillingly effective as Virginia, their live-in assessor. She doesn’t just observe from afar—she embeds herself in their home and roleplays their potential future child, staging a series of challenges to test their parenting instincts. One moment she’s throwing a tantrum; the next, she’s refusing to eat her food or making a mess of the living room. There’s even an IKEA-style build-a-playset challenge that pushes the couple’s communication skills and patience to the edge. It’s often uncomfortable, sometimes absurd, and yet disturbingly accurate. Seeing childish behavior performed by an adult illuminates just how chaotic and unpredictable parenting can be, even when you’re doing your best. The Assessment occasionally speaks to the larger moral cost of ceding personal freedoms to an authoritarian system. Should decisions about procreation be relinquished to government control. It’s rather absurd to think about a criteria that could be used to determine who is “ready to be a parent.” I don’t know that anyone is actually truly ready for making that leap. As a species we all just learn as we go. Entertaining, thought provoking and a beautiful looking film. Killer Minnie Driver cameo as well.
- Yuvi Randhawa20 mei 2025cinematography is excellent, story is also great (I love apocalypse stories) and the performances are next level
- Scott Thomas2 mei 2025How in the world can you take such a great concept, pair it with excellent talent, and still end up with such a boring movie?
- michael.r1018 april 2025A somewhat dystopian film that feels very real with an outstanding caste.
The Assessment Trivia
The Assessment was released on 8 september 2024.
The Assessment was directed by Fleur Fortuné.
The Assessment has a runtime of 1 u, 54 m.
The Assessment was produced by Maximilian Leo, Jonas Katzenstein, Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Elizabeth Karlsen, Grant S. Johnson, Stephen Woolley.
In een door klimaatverandering geteisterde wereld optimaliseert een utopische samenleving het leven, inclusief ouderschapsbeoordelingen. Een succesvol stel wordt gedurende zeven dagen door een beoordelaar onder de loep genomen om te bepalen of ze geschikt zijn om kinderen te krijgen.
The key characters in The Assessment are Mia (Elizabeth Olsen), Virginia (Alicia Vikander), Aaryan (Himesh Patel).
The Assessment is rated R.
The Assessment is a Sciencefiction, Drama, Thriller film.
The Assessment has an audience rating of 6.6 out of 10.
The Assessment had a budget of US$ 8 mln..
The Assessment has made US$ 279K at the box office.