Review of Radioactive (2020) by Bertobellamy — 18 Apr 2021

I really don't get what 'Radioactive' was trying to do here. Is this a biopic? A commentary on xenophobia? A romance story? A cautionary tale about the use of radioactivity? It seems like Jack Thorne's screenplay wanted to cover a lot of ground in under two hours.

Although Rosamund Pike's acting is not that bad, the clunky dialogue and so many awkward situations don't favor her and her character. It's kind of weird when she's talking to her daughters like they're her colleagues.

And what was all that about those flashback and flashforward scenes? I mean, I get the parallel between her work and the future consequences, but it feels like the movie is trying to "open our eyes" to situations that have concerned the whole world for ages.