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158 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Sep 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
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The Assessment is a 2025 science fiction drama thriller film, directed by Fleur Fortuné, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel.
- 125 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Sep 17, 2024 to Sep 17, 2026
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60 of 158 · most liked firstTruly brilliant film in every wat, The Assessment. Not a wasted scene. Great acting, writing, directing, cinematography, editing, sound, costume and set design.
positive · AI labelView post →Thrilled that Sight and Sound asked me to write about a favorite 21st century SF movie. I chose the truly stunning The Assessment, starring Alicia Vikander and directed by Fleur Fortune. An instant classic. The issue is beautiful, too.
positive · AI labelView post →For @thefilmstage.bsky.social , I sat down for a great chat with Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen on their very fun new film, The Assessment bit.ly/422RQMq
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fun bonus to my interview with Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander, I sat down with The Assessment's director, Fleur Fortuné to talk the film, her music video work with M83 and Travis Scott and so much more. You can watch the interview in full here: open.substack.com/pub/brandons...
neutral · AI labelView post →so we watched THE ASSESSMENT (2025) last night and I posted about hating it, deleted bc I wasn’t sure I was being fair, and have now confirmed: fuck that movie
negative · AI labelView post →I'm happy to see Himesh Patel getting bigger roles, dude's been putting in the work for years. But this movie required far less from him that Station Eleven, The Lumineers, or the Assessment did.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen THE ASSESSMENT twice now and really think it's something special. it was an honor to speak to director Fleur Fortuné about her feature film debut for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →The Assessment was brilliant. Alicia Vikander is a fantastic actor, free her!
positive · AI labelView post →Elizabeth Olsen & Himesh Patel would like a child, and in the trailer for The Assessment, they will endure a flailing Alicia Vikander in order to get one: reactormag.com/the-assessme...
neutral · AI labelView post →THE ASSESSMENT (2024), a movie I hated with the intensity of a thousand suns
negative · AI labelView post →📽️last 4 watched - @letterboxd.social #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #films2025 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Lost River (2014), A Vigilante (2018), The Assessment (2024) - Wild at Heart will be added tonight ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →seeing a lot of love for himesh patel in the timeline, so this is a nudge to watch him in STATION ELEVEN, and weird little sci fi film THE ASSESSMENT the man is only getting started and he is off the charts incredible
neutral · AI labelView post →In director Fleur Fortuné’s The Assessment, parenting is taken to a sci-fi extreme when a dystopian government assessor is assigned to observe—and test—couples who want to be parents. Check out @zutsuit.bsky.social's non-spoiler review! reactormag.com/movie-review...
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't miss Elizabeth Olsen as a guest on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon tonight to promote her upcoming movie ‘THE ASSESSMENT’ starring alongside Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel and directed by Fleur Fortuné! Which releases in US theaters tomorrow!
neutral · AI labelView post →Didn't realise this, but the Elizabeth Olsen movie The Assessment got an 18 rating. Saw this at LFF last year, and definitely felt it was a bit borderline. www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →My very first piece for The New European is an interview with Fleur Fortuné the exciting director of The Assessment www.theneweuropean.co.uk/john-bleasda...
neutral · AI labelView post →On Friday, Aug. 1, the Dollhouse Discord Watch-A-Long double feature asks who gets to create life? The state decides in The Assessment, while scientists rebel in Splice. #filmsky #cinema #moviesky #movienight
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Tremors The Assessment The French Connection Heretic (a week of genre pictures) #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →#nw The Assessment It’s been sometime since I’ve see Elizabeth Olsen in a film! Plus it has Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel too! #TheAssessment #filmsky #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →THE ASSESSMENT: Fleur Fortune's debut is a beautifully shot sci-fi film with a trio of great performances from Himesh Patel, Elizabeth Olsen, & especially Alicia Vikander. If you watch one film about a couple being tormented this week, let it be this one📽️ My review: www.inlander.com/screen/the-a...
positive · AI labelView post →The Assessment will mark the first time I've seen Elizabeth Olsen on the big screen in a non-Marvel movie since 2017!!! EIGHT YEARS. This is huge.
neutral · AI labelView post →Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander, god bless this film (The Assessment) 🥵
positive · AI labelView post →THE ASSESSMENT (2024) features strong performances and a premise that is - sadly - not too far fetched from reality. Unfortunately, it only skims over its themes instead of digging into them. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →With elements of everything from Alfonso Cuarón's still magnificent Children of Men to Mel Eslyn's oddly beautiful Biosphere, THE ASSESSMENT is a sci-fi film most interested in using the genre to explore what it means to be alive when all hope seems lost 📽️ www.inlander.com/screen/the-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's first movie is The Assessment (2024) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →How do the billionaires live in the world they have wrecked? The Assessment is a smart, if not by any means perfect 1970s style science fiction film, worth a look. On prime. 🔥 #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of The Assessment (dir. Fleur Fortuné) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/article... (it premiered at Toronto last year and gets its UK release on Amazon Prime this week)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw The Assessment. Mondrian themed windows aside, it's a pretty remarkable film asking questions of privilege, vanity, and basic human rights with a performance by Alicia Vikander that stuns. It's the type of film that needs to be talked about over a late night dinner.
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched The Assessment (2024), a #scifi movie set in a future where parenthood is strictly controlled. It's a bit of a mess, doesn't make much sense and chucks ideas around without nailing any of them. But it's fun enough with a very quirky performance by Alicia Vikander. #Moviesky #Filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →A license for child birth，the same setting in #Murderbot Series (left) and in The Assessment(2024) #film. But in real life, the problem is the declining fertility rates in many countries. It sounds like kind of #darkhumor
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️👶🏼 The Assessment (2024) My rating 7/10 #filmsky #movies #film #primevideo
positive · AI labelView post →The Assessment, 2024 - ★★★★ 📽️ #FilmSky #Movies #Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/benjessup/film/the-assessment-2024/
positive · AI labelView post →Damn. After finishing brilliant and disturbing #TheAssessment I need to dive into a bit more heartwarming film; #Nonnas #Filmsky @netflix.com #FleurFortuné #StephenChbosky
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #Filmsky #Movies #VOD #SciFi The Assessment (2024)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Assessment’ Stars Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander on How the Sci-Fi Parenthood Film Makes You ‘Reflect on Your Own Innate Rights’ While filming the dystopian indie drama “The Assessment,” stars Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander found nature to be a crucial touchpoint for u… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m off to the shady movie theater to see a movie I’m really excited for (The Assessment) and one that is so well-reviewed, I can’t pass it up, even if it is about old guys and baseball (Eephus). I woke up late with an hour before time to leave, so I’ve showered and am gulping all the hot coffee.
positive · AI labelView post →A new teaser for Fleur Fortuné’s ‘THE ASSESSMENT’ starring Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel has been released. A trailer for the film is reportedly being released tomorrow. (Via: Omaha Film Festival | Instagram)
neutral · AI labelView post →The film slate for Fleur Fortuné’s ‘THE ASSESSMENT’ starring Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel (Via: www.crew-united.com/en/The-Asses...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Himesh is great in The Assessment, a serious and excellent sci-fi film which weirdly underperformed given the cast (Vikander, Olsen, Minnie Driver among others). He also had a fun role in Tenet, and he was outstanding in Yesterday as the only person who remembers Beatles songs.
positive · AI labelView post →All movies from the cinechums movie challenges, which is exactly why I do them :P The Handmaiden (2016) Monsters (2010) The Assessment (2025) I Am Mother (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Assessment, a movie I haven't heard many talk about this year, also rules. Elizabeth Olsen is on a post-Marvel heater (Three Daughters is fantastic), and will drop a Sam Esmail collab next year. Love her project choices.
positive · AI labelView post →I think what worked most for me in Fleur Fortuné's debut film The Assessment (2024) is the performances. Alicia Vikander is phenomenal as the assessor who must determine if Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel (also good performances) are to be approved for parenthood in this world on fire dystopia
positive · AI labelView post →Underrated weird thriller we needed #movie #film #letterboxd #TheAssessment boxd.it/bl990J
positive · AI labelView post →Ohhhhh then I highly, highly recommend you watch this great sci-fi film called The Assessment: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the... Precisely what you are looking for.
positive · AI labelView post →Hey all, Please check out the latest episode on our podcast where this week we discuss The Assessment, starring Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen. Please subscribe to our Podbean and help us get to 5 subscribers! antandrymoviechats.podbean.com/e/the-assess... #podcast #podcasts
neutral · AI labelView post →massive rape scene jump scare in The Assessment btw. maybe one of the longest, most overindulgent "we fucking get the point" ones i've seen in a film, too. so.. consider this your trigger warning. 🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮
negative · AI labelView post →Just watched THE ASSESSMENT. Man, is that ever a weird movie. In a good way, I mean. Very difficult to predict and it tackles some fascinating themes about parenthood. Alicia Vikander is incredible in it, as is Elizabeth Olsen.
positive · AI labelView post →The Assessment – The new film, starring Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel, gets a new trailer. Watch it here bit.ly/4jXlREN #TheAssessment #AliciaVikander #ElizabethOlsen #HimeshPatel #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Ended up watching The Assessment, and boy do more people need to check this out 5/5!!
positive · AI labelView post →My wife and I decided to have a movie day. We started with “Sweethearts,” featuring Kiernan Shipka (7/10), and I laughed the whole time. Next, we switched gears completely and watched “The Assessment.” (6/10). All I'll say is that the woman has a will of steel. Because nope. 🙅🏽♀️✨🍿🥤
neutral · AI labelView post →so apparently i completely missed a sci fi movie that i guess came out (in the US) last month? nw: The Assessment (2024) it's very weird! and very good! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmE...
positive · AI labelView post →My top 5 movies of the year so far: 1. The Assessment 2. Black Bag 3. No Other Land 4. Mickey 17 5. Warfare boxd.it/ENA9W #filmsky #letterboxd
positive · AI labelView post →Dropped 11 min mini #moviereview on Sacred Storytelling Podcast for the new indie film The Assessment! #filmsky Listen here👇🏻👇🏻 open.spotify.com/episode/4Qbo...
neutral · AI labelView post →WE RECOMMEND: The Assessment "Fortune’s film is a devilish one, flirting with post-apocalyptic science fiction without ever feeling too out of this world."
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie #40: The Assessment Nah, fuck Aaryan. Me and my homies all hate that Aaryan. That man and his fibs fumbled the bag so hard. . . . . . But also Himesh Patel is soooooo hot 🤤🤤🤤 #Filmsky
negative · AI labelView post →Just finished watching #BlackBag. Whoo. What a fantastic piece of art. It's so elegant and so exquisitely paced. 94 mins was the perfect length for this movie. I'm so so happy I watched it. Now just to watch Opus and The Assessment. Oh I love movies.
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of The Assessment on Letterboxd boxd.it/9bXcSX
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Assessment’ Review: Meticulously Planned Parenthood www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/m... I liked the idea of this movie more than the actual movie
neutral · AI labelView post →New @cityweekly.bsky.social reviews of this week's theatrical releases: SNOW WHITE, THE ALTO KNIGHTS, LOCKED, THE ASSESSMENT, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, MAGAZINE DREAMS, ASH, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/arc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Official poster for Fleur Fortuné’s science fiction thriller film THE ASSESSMENT starring Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel. In theaters on March 21, 2025. #filmsky #movies #movie #cinema #film #films
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