upon a first glance, the film is somewhat hollow an experience, offering trite dialogue and an on-the-nose message about beauty and the horrors of genetic engineering taken to their extreme
between a long, dull narrative of droning gibberish and visuals that are often too fuzzy or darkly cast in shadow to make out, this movie is nearly unwatchable
a sensory trip wrapped around a kind of Frankenstein tale; the movie is ultimately too reflective of its genetically-engineered subjects -- soulless under an entrancing veneer
by Chuck Bowen [Slant Magazine ]
by Barbara Shulgasser-Parker [Common Sense Media ]
