clintstevens What a silly waste of 90 minutes. The movie makes no sense. The adults are shown to be supposed scholars, which is far from the case. The only smart characters are the three children. Watching the father encourage his young son to have sexual stimulation by forcing him to watch old vintage photos of naked women was, at the very least, disturbing. And the fact that the boy walks out shows which one is the smart one.Billed as a comedy, I found nothing at all humorous in the story. I am sure there are pseudo-intellectuals who will find hidden meanings and symbolism here, but I found it to be a waste of time.

rosenda-13697 I love how each character relates to each other, the humor, the concept, the twist. Maybe its not the best of movies but it is definitely a must watch !!!

Octavian1034 While the top 2 reviews of this film on IMDB at the time of me writing this (only 200+ ratings) are correct in most ways, and probably written by intelligent people, I feel that if u just watch this movie without even reading anything about it. Ie...I just hit play on NFLX without having any expectations of seeing a quality movie, you're experience of watching a wonderful movie will be fulfilled. Yes one of the reviews is correct in stating that there could've been more science, better experiments etc....one listed the faults of some of the characters, but the characters having faults make this a realistic movie. A movie not about science but a family drama, which I usually can't even sit through. This is not even close to the type of movie that I give 9 stars to. Just check it out with an open mind and maybe you'll like it as much as I did. I felt that every actor or actress in the film did an excellent job.

Larry Silverstein The way this film began, I thought I might be onto something here with its dark humor leading the way. However, as the movie progressed it not only seemed to lose its focus but its humor as well.Matthew Goode and Toni Collette star as two professors of science who obtain funding from a foundation led by Michael Smiley to use 2 adopted children plus their own soon-to-be baby in an experiment that they feel will prove no one must be a prisoner to their genetic make-up. So for example, one of their adopted children, who comes from a family of "dolts" will be nurtured and home schooled so that she will become a "brainiac". In this controlled environment, they hope to confirm their hypotheses and eventually publish their findings.However, aside from the fact that their children are treated like lab rats and are not told what is occurring, things will eventually go awry in various ways as does the movie itself, which seems to fall apart.Overall, some of the very dark humor does work at times here, with Andreas Apergis quite funny as the assistant sent over by Smiley to help the parents. To note, for those concerned there's nudity in the film, as well as some rather explicit and suggestive sexual references. There's also what I thought was a rather despicable scene where an animal is killed in an experiment and a young girl is blamed for its death.