Replicas: Keanu Reeves plays a virtual parody of himself

Replicas is a 2018 American science fiction thriller film directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and written by Chad St. John, from a story by Stephen Hamel. The film tells the story of a neuroscientist who violates the law and biomedical ethics to bring his family members back to life after they die in a car accident. It stars Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, and Thomas Middleditch.

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9%, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The website’s critical consensus reads, “Equal parts plot holes and unintentional laughs, Replicas is a ponderously lame sci-fi outing that isn’t even bad enough to be so bad it’s good.” On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 18 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating “overwhelming dislike”.

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “C” on an A+ to F scale. Variety’s Joe Leydon criticized the film for its “cavernous plot holes, risible dialogue, and ludicrously illogical behaviour”, while Charles Bramesco of The Guardian wrote, “After what may be one hundred hours, the film does not so much end as it stops, the score’s wrapping-up tone an evident substitute for closure or resolution.” Review site Ciné Binger called the movie a ‘DUD’ with a rating of 0%, and further stating “This movie wastes the opportunity for great filming in what would have been a thought provoking plot/theme”.