
Lee Weathers is a "risk-management specialist" for genetic-engineering company SynSect. She arrives at a rural site hosting its L-9 project, an artificial being with nanotechnology-infused synthetic DNA named Morgan. The "hybrid biological organism with the capacity for autonomous decision making and sophisticated emotional responses" is smarter than humans and matures quickly, walking and talking within a month and physically a teenager despite being five years old..... (Full plot summary below)
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Lee Weathers is a "risk-management specialist" for genetic-engineering company SynSect. She arrives at a rural site hosting its L-9 project, an artificial being with nanotechnology-infused synthetic DNA named Morgan. The "hybrid biological organism with the capacity for autonomous decision making and sophisticated emotional responses" is smarter than humans and matures quickly, walking and talking within a month and physically a teenager despite being five years old..
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| indieWireKate ErblandThe film mistakes stiff, literally buttoned up acting — you’ve never seen so many starched and fully done up dress shirts in one film in your entire life — as somehow being clever, but there’s scarcely a moment of Morgan that is genuinely shocking (though the undercurrents with Amy are at least unnerving). |
| Associated PressSandy CohenThe predictable twist hampers the story's suspense, and the film doesn't dip beyond the superficial. |
| Assignment XAbbie BernsteinMorgan is impressive on many levels. It feels like a Seventies indie, made in multiple shades of moral gray, with some red blood splatter. |
| National PostChris KnightWhile it is set firmly in the present, or at best a few years out, the message is clear; the days of Blade Runner are closer than we may think. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamAnya Taylor-Joy ... plays the title character with a mixture of vulnerability and detached humanity that makes her like the world's most frightening teenager. |
| Boston HeraldStephen SchaeferAs yet another riff on Frankenstein and those overreaching scientists who want to play God, Morgan offers dread, androgyny, gore and violence but no magic. |
| MTVAmy NicholsonWhen no one is making believable choices, who cares who’s human? It’s all just lines of script. |
| Cinemanía (Spain)Daniel de PartearroyoA mix between science-fiction, artificial intelligence sub-genre, and a horror story with characters trapped in a confined space. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Silver Screen RiotMatt Oakes'Morgan' carefully sets up a tricksy female-forward A.I. endeavor but abandons its intriguing cerebral exploration for humdrum action beats and a lame-brained, strung out third act. |
| The Blogging BansheeMolly HeneryMorgan is a film that grabs your attention and makes you question whose side you want to be on. |