Acide

Allein schon das Thema des sauren Regens, der durch die Luftverschmutzung verursacht wird, ist für ein Katastrophendrama mit einem ernsten Gesicht zu viel. Das Drehbuch ist uninteressant und arbeitet nur mit Klischees. Je näher das Finale rückt, desto dümmer ist es. Das Ende verwandelt sich in eine ungewollte Parodie. Nur eine Szene ungefähr in der Mitte des Films, in der unerwartet eine wichtige Figur stirbt, ist emotiv und berührt das Publikum. Ein unterdurchschnittlicher und überflüssiger französischer Genrefilm. [Cannes FF] (22.05.2023)

I must admit that until the last 15 minutes I was having fun :) It's probably all a bit far-fetched, in particular the ending, but if you expected it and if you tune in to the wave and decide to play the game, I don't think you'll be offended. I guess there really are a lot of lapses in logic and absurdities, and I decided not to notice them so much or to forgive them. Anyway, what irritated me a lot was the character of the fifteen-year-old rebel Selma, whom I felt like slapping. Ungrateful, whiny little brat. I really liked it visually, the scene when Selma runs out of the forest with the horses, and the black clouds behind them – beautiful. [Festival de Cannes 2023] (29.05.2023)

The apocalyptic premise of the planet being engulfed by extreme acid rain (practically equivalent to highly concentrated acid raining down from the heavens) is a loaded idea, and makes for a decidedly very cheerless and physically unpleasant film. It's a shame they didn't come up with anything much cleverer to go with it than the characters' constant chaotic flight from recurring danger. Once it gets going, Acid is a fairly intense thriller and you certainly won't be bored with it. But it also suffers from the common affliction of disaster movies where characters in crisis situations either behave strangely, completely stupidly, or deal with things that are utterly irrelevant at the time, which is quite annoying at some points in the story. (09.10.2023)