Synopsis
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
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Cast
- Sennia NanuaMelanie
- Gemma ArtertonHelen Justineau
- Paddy ConsidineSgt. Eddie Parks
- Glenn CloseDr. Caroline Caldwell
- Fisayo AkinadeKieran Gallagher
- Anamaria MarincaDr. Selkirk
- Anthony WelshDillon
- Joe LomasJoe
- Dominique TipperDevani
- Eli LaneKenny
- 100
Time Out
The movie is a coming-of-age story, but whose age is coming? That's the profound question we're left with, in a stellar adaptation that balances gore with black humor, ethical quandary, hope and—yes—plenty of brains. - 100
Empire
The best zombie-ish apocalypse in years. Sennia Nanua is a major discovery, but it’s the dense social commentary and moral dilemmas that will haunt you. - 90
ScreenCrush
The Girl With All the Gifts is full of surprises. It keeps shifting before our eyes, from atmospheric horror to intense survival thriller to thoughtful contemplation of humanity’s place in our planet’s food chain. - 80
Screen Daily
What really separates The Girl With All the Gifts from the genre pack, however, is its moral intelligence, clever thematic consistency (drawing on the Greek myth of Pandora’s box) and emotional heft, the latter component rooted in the truly captivating breakout performance of young Nanua. - 80
The Telegraph
The film ends exactly one scene too late, lessening the brutal statement its ending might have made. But these really aren’t deal-breakers in a crisp bullseye of a debut feature which has guts and brains to spare. - 75
IndieWire
The Girl With All the Gifts really does offer up a fleshed-out world rich with eerie implications, saving the biggest one for the memorable finale. - 50
The Film Stage
Without the narrative or formal conviction to pull off the clichés rampant throughout, it sadly seems stuck between two worlds. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
McCarthy more often seems to apply a generic style to his substance, rather than actually use a stylistic choice to help suggest or demonstrate something about his story and characters.