Leave the World Behind
Directed by Sam EsmailHet familie-uitje naar een luxueus huurhuis neemt een onheilspellende wending wanneer een cyberaanval al hun apparaten uitschakelt en twee vreemden aan de deur verschijnen.
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- Tanalien9 januari 2025Leave The World Behind picks at what it sees as mainstream in today’s culture: the easy capacity to distrust, criticize, and be cold. If it happens so often in online exchanges, how could it not bleed into conversation and important relationships? The ruler of a technology is the one whose code runs on it. Most of our technology is not our own. Leave The World Behind tells us: If we use technology to replace the value of human connection, then we better understand the consequences – and what now has control over us. Doctor, the patient’s diagnosis is not good.
- Kevin Ward2 juli 2025Netflix ironically making the 'pro physical media' case probably IS a sign of the apocalypse. I really loved this. A slow burn psychological thriller that sustains the tension through the entire runtime. I love this kind of tension—the perpetual feeling of impending doom. Married couple Amanda and Clay (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke), book an AirBnB, outside of the city to get away from the hustle and bustle with their two children. But in the middle of the night a knock on the door reveals a man and his daughter claiming to be the residents of the house. A massive power outage has crippled the city where their main home is and they headed out to their remote rental for refuge. The man, G.H. is played by Mahershala Ali and his daughter, Ruth, by Myha’la Herrold. The two families are forced to figure out how to navigate this night together, how to figure out what is going on out in the world, and determine who is it that they can trust? The camera work is stylish with some Fincher-esque impossible camera movements. There’s also an interior car shot with excellent sound design that perfectly symbolizes the film’s major theme how technology and modern conveniences have created a separation amongst each other. This family of four on vacation together are each living a completely separated and isolated existence. The all-star cast is fantastic, and Esmail mixes the pairings of cast members on screen throughout so we get different character dynamic in almost every scene. The only character I didn’t mention yet is Kevin Bacon, who plays a survivalist “nut” local to the area. He definitely brings the fire in his limited screen time, which of course I loved. Leave the World Behind may not be for everyone. It’s not a typical apocalyptic thriller, but I immensely enjoyed the production, the outstanding performances, and the questions it asks about our relationships to each other. Highly recommend the film.
- John Chapel24 november 2024I'm gonna be honest. I fell asleep. I wasn't even tired. But nothing happens in this movie. Husbands a cuck, Julia Roberts is a bitch, Cyberterrorists basically kneecap earth and then everyone gets pissy because the daughter cant watch friends on Netflix - Yes, that happens.
Leave the World Behind Trivia
Leave the World Behind was released on 8 december 2023.
Leave the World Behind was directed by Sam Esmail.
Leave the World Behind has a runtime of 2 u, 20 m.
Leave the World Behind was produced by Marisa Yeres Gill, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Chad Hamilton, Sam Esmail, Julia Roberts.
Het familie-uitje naar een luxueus huurhuis neemt een onheilspellende wending wanneer een cyberaanval al hun apparaten uitschakelt en twee vreemden aan de deur verschijnen.
The key characters in Leave the World Behind are Amanda Sandford (Julia Roberts), Clay Sandford (Ethan Hawke), G.H. Scott (Mahershala Ali).
Leave the World Behind is rated 12.
Leave the World Behind is a Drama, Thriller, Mysterie film.
Leave the World Behind has an audience rating of 3.6 out of 10.