Synopsis
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
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Cast
- Kate MaraLee Weathers
- Anya Taylor-JoyMorgan
- Toby JonesDr. Simon Ziegler
- Rose LeslieDr. Amy Menser
- Boyd HolbrookSkip Vronsky
- Michelle YeohDr. Lui Cheng
- Jennifer Jason LeighDr. Kathy Grieff
- Paul GiamattiDr. Alan Shapiro
- Michael YareTed Brenner
- Chris SullivanDr. Darren Finch
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The thrilling premise of Morgan eventually gets muddled amid standard thriller-action, blunting the intended impact of a final sequence that should produce chills, but instead merely provides information. Still, those seeking smart, edgy genre fare will find plenty to savor in this well-cast drama. - 75
Consequence
Morgan isn’t hard sci-fi. It isn’t trying to solve the questions that have suffused the genre since its inception. Rather, it couches those ever-more-timely concerns in scenes of high action and affecting character connection. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Is Morgan hardwired for violence, or is “she” just a synthetic naïf with a bloody glitch? Taylor-Joy and the rest of the ace cast make you care about the answer to that question. The script? Less so. - 75
The Seattle Times
Anchored by Mara’s rigidly controlled performance and Taylor-Joy’s tremulous yet quietly menacing work, Morgan is an effective tension generator that unfortunately falls apart at the end. - 65
TheWrap
Whatever its flaws, this is a rare genre movie that allows two women — both Mara and Taylor-Joy are coolly riveting, particularly when they’re playing off each other — to take center stage in both the drama and the action, both of which get pretty intense. - 50
Slant Magazine
The film's makers lose trust in the intellectual heft of their material and chose to prioritize empty sensation instead. - 50
Variety
It’s little more than a schlock replay of “Ex Machina.” It toys around with some of the same situations, but it doesn’t know where to take them. Instead of developing its themes, it uses them as grist for an overload of “commercial” action. - 42
The Film Stage
Morgan struggles to make even a single fight between two people not look like it was edited with a shredder.
