Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

GazerRise Fantastic!

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

tedg Spoilers herein.One can fault the dreary focus on women's victimization, as if something like that can be imposed on any past. And one can be annoyed at the very low production values, and goofy acting by all but Swinton. Also, everyone involved seems to have had multiple, profound misunderstandings about what constitutes software, concepts, coding and virtuality. Among the howlers are clicking as programming and photography as somehow capturing avatars. And code as resembling greek symbols. This is even worse than `Pi' in its pseudoscience.But if you can see through all those indications of ignorance, there is the kernel of something intelligent here. Some have criticized the modern story as a clumsy framing device. But I see it as a class of folding, something along the lines of `French Lieutenant's Woman,' as transformed by popular versions like `Possession.'At least I want to think so because Tilda is such an intelligent actress and the Ada story is so fascinating. What this petty filmmaker thinks is interesting is that a brilliant, energetic mind was exploited and ruined by the accident of gender – sort of an Alan Turing with breasts.What is more interesting in the story is how Ada conflated adventures in mental exploration in narrative with mathematics and extreme promiscuity. In fact, the story is much like John Nash's but without the bisexuality.Math as orgasmic, code as music, virtual projection as invented history, redheads as having the power to use lust to bend reality. Some clever ideas wrapped in stupid expression. Well, at least there's something.Ted's evaluation: 2 of 3 – Has some interesting elements.

rcimasi Watch this movie - it takes some effort to "get into it", but the experience is worth it. The suspension of disbelief required to accept the story is not insurmountable, the acting is careful and at times, exquisite, and the direction/editing was superb. A thoughtful, interesting effort with a rich fabric of themes.

Ffenway Many days after seeing Conceiving Ada, I am still in awe that any group of people would spend so much time to make such an atrocious film.No one ought see this film in hopes of learning anything of consequence about Ada Lovelock, her colleagues or the product of her endeavors.Likewise, no one ought to see this film in hopes of being entertained.As a sci-fi film, this would unquestionably be a horrendous failure. Somehow, the main character manages to bring the past to life and interact with it on her personal computer--with the advice and encouraging words of Timothy Leary. I doubt anyone could suspend their disbelief enough to keep this from seeming absolutely absurd.As a drama film, this would unquestionably be a horrendous failure. Somehow, the writer/director manages to fill eighty-five minutes with constant, unnecessary, annoying and trivial drama over essentially nothing. I doubt that anyone could feel that all the drama in the film serves only as an irritating distraction.I find it difficult to fully express my degree of contempt for Conceiving Ada. The circumstances under which I saw it forbid me from leaving the theater but there is no question that I would have otherwise. I am still angry that I wasted the time that it took to see it. Only that I might more effectively criticize this movie, I wish that I were more articulate.

petshop If you make it through the opening credits, this may be your type of movie. From the first screen image of a woman holding her hands up to her face with white sheets blowing in the background one recalls a pretentious perfume commercial. It's all downhill from there.The lead actress is basically a block of wood who uses her computer to reach into the past, and reconstruct the memories of photographs, to talk history's overlooked genius, Ada, who conceived the first computer language in the 1800s.The low budget graphics would be forgivable if they were interesting, or even somewhat integral to the script.Poor Tilda Swinton is wasted.