What Happened to Monday Based on Disney Princesses

10 /10

Stunningly good.

"What Happened to Monday" is something I never thought I'd see...a Netflix-produced film that is absolutely brilliant--perhaps perfect. The fact that it's good isn't surprising. Netflix has made many wonderful television shows and moviesbut this one...wow it's amazing and not to be missed.

The story is set in the near future. The population on Earth has boomed,due, in part, to advances in medical science. But the problem with this is that with ten billion people and counting, there's a limit on how sustainable this will be. In response there is a radical new law thatfamilies will be limited to one child. And, if they catch any with more than one, the extra children are frozen...presumably to be revived at some date to be determined.

The story now switches to a woman giving birth at some secret location. There's a reason she doesn't have the child in the hospital...she's having a multiple birth...seven to be exact! Soon the girls' grandfather springs into action, hiding the girls and concocting a strange and very elaborate plan. The girls will live in a hidden room and when they are ready for school, they will pretend that they are one child after all, they're all identical! In order to do this, the girls, who he names after days of the week, wear a body camera and at the end of each day there is a debriefing so that the six other siblings can learn what transpired So, after Tuesday, the child, Tuesday, returns home to show them her day. And, the next day, Wednesday plays this girl. In essence, there are seven Karens sharing one life. This works out remarkably well but at a cost. Not only do the girls exist outside their hidden room only once a week, but when one loses a digit, the other six also must have a digit removed in order to hide the secret! Such is the complexity and difficulty of the plan...a plan that works for many years. But one day a problem occurs...Monday does not return home. And, this occurs only halfway into the story...the rest is almost non- stop action and suspense.

For a Netflix produced film, I was shocked at the casting of Willem Dafoe as the grandfather and Glenn Close as the woman in charge of this strange eugenics plan on Earth. It obviously cost serious money to get them. The film also looks great and is very ably directed by Tommy Wirkola. But the real standout here is the Swedish actress, Noomi Rapace, as the Karens. She is marvelous and managed to give a bit of a unique personality to each of the Karens. In many ways, this is reminiscent of Tatiana Maslany from "Orphan Black", another actress who masterfully plays many different identical characters each a bit different and unique.

To me, however, the big stars of this film are the writers, Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson. The story never has any lulls and again and again the movie manages to surprise the viewer....all of which work together to make a truly exciting and chilling morality tale. I see that this newly released film only has an IMDb rating of 6.9.which is inexplicable considering how good the film really is. Overall, this is a truly terrific movie..one that is much better than you'd expect to be streaming on Netflix. So good, in fact, that I can't even think of anything I didn't like about it...absolutely nothing!

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7 /10

An engaging premise, well handled

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WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY is a Netflix-produced science fiction thriller with the usual dystopian future premise. However, it also has a very interesting storyline which makes it feel fresh and unique. The narrative takes place in a world where an evil corporation (headed by Glenn Close on typically creepy form) enforces a one-child policy. The always-interesting Noomi Rapace plays seven identical siblings who hide out in an apartment and who each venture out on the day of the week they're named after. Inevitably they get exposed and action ensues. This kind of film works well because the action scenes compliment the story. It's a little rough around the edges at times but generally works well and keeps you guessing as to the outcome. The action is violent and fast paced and includes a lot of chasing around which I always find exciting, and Rapace does well to convince as seven individual characters rather than seven lookalikes of the same character. Occasionally cliched but always fast-paced, this is an engaging feather in Netflix's cap.

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5 /10

manufactured nature

In the near future, the Child Allocation Bureau led by Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close) implements a global one-child policy due to overpopulation and dwindling resources. Terrence Settman (Willem Dafoe) welcomes his identical septuplet granddaughters and decides to raise them in secret. He names them after each day of the week. Thirty years later, the girls go out on their day of the week sharing their common identity banker Karen Settman (Noomi Rapace). When Monday disappears, the girls find themselves in danger.

The 7 girls named for each day screams manufactured sci-fi. It's an artificial construction like the premise itself. I'm willing to go with it until the finger incident. The obvious solution is to keep that one girl inside or make her wear gloves. It's another artificial construction to make a scary point about their situation. The simplest movie construction is to allow each girl to have her own look which actually makes no sense. They risk discovery for the superficial need to have different hair styles. Once all that is accepted, this is a fine little action thriller premise. I would go with an evil Monday trying to kill her sisters but this plot is fine. Rapace has enough range to do 3 or 4 sisters but 7 is a little too much. There are some fun action and the story almost works. Its manufactured nature and a few plot conveniences do irk me.

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8 /10

She's my Sister

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In the future, a world wide one child policy is instituted by Glenn Close who has gone from running the galaxy to just one planet. During this time period septuplets are born and are named for the days of the week. They are home schooled and learn to work as a team.

As adults they "share" a job at the Eurobank, but when Monday doesn't return home from work, the remaining siblings become concerned and daringly venture out.

We already know the final girl is Noomi Rapace who plays all seven roles. The film has a couple of formula twists and a plot that was likewise expected. In spite of that, Noomi made the film a worth while watch, catching seven personalities.

Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Noomi Rapace)

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8 /10

Every day of the week

I like the new title better. Though the Question about one of the sisters (by name) was fine too. But this way it's more open to interpret and maybe not guessing one of the things that will happen. If you catch my drift ... then again the movie has more to offer than just that. And it does deal with one of the most important issues the future seems to hold for us: how will we be able to feed the ever growing population? Of course this all is used to make a really good Science Fiction story, that is filled with tension for your viewing pleasure.

The girl formerly with a Dragon tattoo (from the Original European thriller that is) has really set her mark in Hollywood. And while this particular movie may only be shown on Netflix in America, it will get theatrical release around the world. Try to watch it on the big screen and enjoy it. Even if things may be predictable for you ...

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8 /10

here's a creative one

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Although dystopian futures are a common motif in cinema, "What Happened to Monday" manages to add an extra dimension by depicting a future in which a one-child policy gets enforced worldwide to prevent overpopulation. When septuplets get born in a particular family, the grandfather decides to have them pose as one person, with each sibling leaving the apartment on an assigned day of the week. It works perfectly. That is, until one of them doesn't return.

Netflix has been turning out some interesting work in the past few years (Stranger Things, Mudbound, and now this one). I recommend it. There are some real shockers in store here.

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9 /10

Impressive dystopian sci-fi with Noomi Rapace playing seven septuplets

Set in the near future, where certain genetically modified foods have led to a massive increase in multiple births, there isn't enough food to feed the increasing population. To counter this a strict one child policy is enforced; younger siblings are placed in cryosleep to await better times. When Karen Settman dies giving birth to identical septuplets they are raised in secret by their grandfather; he names them after the days of the week. When they are old enough he lets each one out on the day corresponding to their name... on that day they are Karen Settman.

Thirty years pass and 'Karen' is working at a bank. As before each is Karen for their one day. Everything goes well until one day Monday doesn't return home... is she just late or has something happened to her? Tuesday tries to discover what happened but when she too disappears the sisters realise they are in real danger; somebody wants then eliminated. The remaining sisters will have to work together and face danger many times before they learn some shocking truths.

I really enjoyed this dystopian sci-fi; I couldn't help thinking that is was like the series 'Orphan Black' crossed with the classic film 'Soylent Green' without ever feeling like a rip off of either. There are plenty of twists and turns. We get lots of impressive, sometimes gory, action and a real sense of danger for our protagonist sisters. Noomi Rapace is great in the role of all seven sisters; each subtly different in look and behaviour. The supporting cast, which includes Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe are solid too. The film raises interesting questions; if the population continues to grow will limits on children be legally imposed or will it just be accepted that people won't get to eat as much... assuming new farming techniques don't solve the problem first. Overall an impressive film; I'd certainly recommend it to fans of the genre; I'm surprised it isn't better known.

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Dystopian future, population control in 2073, 'Child Allocation Act'.

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This is a Netflix original movie, I like Dafoe and Rapace, and Close always plays a good villain, she looks so villainous.

The movie starts with clips from earlier in the 21st century, ice shelves breaking off, overcrowding on beaches, wild weather, and an admonition that population growth is causing more pollution and a shortage of foods.

It goes further to show that genetically modified foods are helping to reduce the shortage but an unexpected effect is the proliferation of multiple births, twins, triplets, and more. The world has become more like a police state and any additional siblings are confiscated and presumably frozen for a future time when population control is not necessary. The truth is a lot more grim.

In the 2040s identical septuplets are born, the mother dies in childbirth. The father is not known and the grandfather, Willem Dafoe as Terrence Settman, becomes their caretaker, and he is determined to provide an environment where each can grow up happy. They learn from an early age they are not to go out in public unless it is their day, each named for a day of the week and those names determine when they can go out. When one gets injured and loses the tip of her finger the other six have their finger tips removed.

Fast forward to 30 years later, the year 2073, and Noomi Rapace plays each of the Settman Siblings, in 7 different 'looks' and 7 different personalities. It is a tribute to her acting talents that she does it so well. Glenn Close is the evil politician Nicolette Cayman who enforces the child act.

One of the promises each sibling makes is to always tell all the others what goes on in their lives when they are in public, including what happens at the job they share at the bank, and any romances. But they don't and that ends up causing a number is issues, some of which threaten their very existence.

We start viewing the adult siblings' stories when Cayman figures out that there are several of them and she and her guys start hunting them down. That creates the tension, the chases, the hand-to-hand fights, and some killings. The movie's arc is to see how Cayman and the siblings can resolve their issues.

Overall my wife and I found it interesting and entertaining. Eventually in this sort of story the goodness of the world and the right to life has to win out over the evil politician.

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What an astounding surprise

This film tells the story of a future world, where only one child is allowed door to overpopulation. Seven sisters hide in secret until they are discovered by the authorities.

Science fiction is usually not my favorite genre, but "What Happened to Monday" blew me away. The plot is original and it's excellent. A life of hiding and living only one day a week is pretty unimaginable, but the sisters managed it. As horror falls, the story gets really thrilling and completely draws me in. I long to see how things end up and what happens to the sisters. The title can be interpreted in two ways, and I think it is very clever. I think this film will be a classic, and it certainly ranks very high up in my list alongside with "Gattaca".

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7 /10

A creative sci-fi fantasy that moves along Rapace....

What has happened to Glenn Close? These days, she seems quite content to take these increasingly sterile roles as at the incredibly well coiffured leader with megalomaniacal tendencies but that really don't offer us much chance to enjoy her acting skills... This is another one: she leads a bureau responsible of preserving the future prosperity of the planet by restricting the number of children permitted. Willem Dafoe has to devise a scheme that allows his seven grandchildren to stay free, and one step ahead of the pursuing "Child Allocation Bureau". His solution is innovative. Each of them (at home they are all named after the days of the week; at work they are named after his wife "Karen Settman" - and all are portrayed by Noomi Rapace) is permitted one day out of the house, the remainder must be spent incarcerated at home - and that existence is still not without even greater sacrifice. As they age, however, frustrations with this regimen grow and one day, Monday just doesn't return... What ensues is quite an action-packed adventure with the sisters trying to track down their sibling at considerable danger to themselves, and uncovering a sinister plot en route. The story recycles itself a bit, and it can be a little difficult to keep up with which Rapace character is which, but she carries off the multiple roles well and the idea holds water rather better than many in this future-apocalypse genre, and, though it drags a little (2 hours is too long), is still worth the watch.

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9 /10

Strong, but pretty good

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In the fairly near future, overpopulation has resulted in strong population control measures, so identical septuplet sisters, named after the days of the week, have lived in hiding all their lives, going out one day a week each under a shared identity. Then, one day, Monday doesn't return, which means the other 6 are in jeopardy.

I don't normally like Noomi Rapace very much, but she is absolutely phenomenal in this as the 7 siblings, as are the special effects bringing them together in the same shot. The story is good, there is a lot of action, much of it pretty violent, and a constant sense of jeopardy.

I had never heard of this Netflix original, but I'm glad I caught it.

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8 /10

One child policy, the only solution to save our planet

IMDb should definitely put this movie in the sci-fi genre as we are in the future with special gadgets, and with a story that completely looks sci-fi even though this might become reality one day. The planet is already overpopulated and the future isn't bright if not disastrous. A one child policy will one day become inevitable if you like it or not. That's what I liked so much about What Happened To Monday, the well brought story of a near future, and all this with a good twist. The main actor is Noomi Rapace, who could it be else as she plays seven different characters, and she did an excellent job doing that. The rest of the cast was also good. It is a long movie but you never have a dull moment or a boring feeling, and that's already exceptional for a movie that lasts more than two hours. Good action combined with an interesting story, what else could we ask for?

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8 /10

I enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure.

'WHAT HAPPENED TO Monday': Four Stars (Out of Five)

A dystopian sci-fi thriller released by Netflix, through their streaming site. It tells the story of a future world where overpopulation has caused a strict one-child law. When identical septuplet sisters are born in secret, their grandfather raises them in isolation, allowing each one to only leave their home on the day of the week which they're named for. When Monday goes missing, the others must find out what happened to her. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe and Glenn Close. It was written by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, and it was directed by Tommy Wirkola (who's also helmed such sci-fi cult classic hits at 'DEAD SNOW', 'DEAD SNOW 2' and 'HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS'). The movie has received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans alike. I enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure.

In the year 2043 overpopulation has reached an uncontrollable level, and in order to maintain suitable living conditions the government enforces a strict one-child law. Any siblings born, in addition to the first child, are reportedly put into cryo-freeze. When septuplet sisters are born in secret, and their mother dies giving birth to them, the girls' grandfather (Dafoe) decides to raise them all in secret as well. He names each one after a day of the week, and he only allows each child to leave the house on the day of the week they're named after (making them all act as one person). When Monday (Rapace) goes missing, as a business woman adult, the other sisters must spring into action (for the first time) in order to defend themselves and find out what happened to Monday. Things get very violent and extremely bloody very quickly.

The movie is a pretty routine dark dystopian sci-fi thriller, but I really like the premise of this one. The action scenes are also pretty well done, and extremely gruesome. Rapace is a great action heroine lead as well, in anything she does, but I wish her characters here would have been a little more developed. There's not really anyone to relate to in this film, but if you're just looking for action, and a good dark futuristic sci-fi tale, than this is a pretty fun movie. Wirkola is an expert at directing this type of action flick too, and he doesn't disappoint here either.

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7 /10

my notes

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This movie has a great premise and goes in lots of interesting directions. very enjoyable and entertaining. it also has some very questionable parts, but if you can get past that, this movie is a great time. good music, lots of excitement, good action and suspense, good emotion. (1 viewing)

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the reveal about monday being pregnant super owned me. got goosebumps and teared up. a few seconds before i absolutely loathed that traitorous scum, after finding that out, what she did is still despicable, but you at least see motivations other than pure selfishness. and you go from being cool with her dying to omg no please don't die. really great moment that pushed the movie from a 3.0 due to questionable parts to 3.5

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7 /10

Really good overall, with Rapace impressive and fun in seven roles!

What Happened to Monday

Most futuristic movies seem to push what is possible, and this is no exception. That seven sisters are hiding in a world where everyone is individually tracked and no siblings are allowed makes for a bit of fun implausibility—but it stretches the limits from the get go.

Still, the fact that one actress—Noomi Rapace—plays all seven parts, each deliberately distinctive, is pretty fun and amazing. And sometimes over the top—the seven personalities are radically different in caricatured ways. But so what? It's fiction, and a loose version of a dystopian future that is believable enough to fly in a movie.

And there are enough twists and surprises to keep anyone awake and alert, many of them plausible once the overall setup is accepted. That is, the game of taking on roles, and of deception all around, is interesting and well done. The complications get more and more intriguing, and the surround cast is solid and well chosen. Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe and both great but in limited appearances. This is Rapace's movie.

I say give this a go and let it entertain. And eventually sway you and suck you in. It's a convincing collaborative effort.

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7 /10

Great and fresh idea and not bad movie overall - could have been great

Greetings from Lithuania.

"What Happened to Monday" (2017) is a nice sci-fi thriller with some great concept and not bad execution. Although its hard talk about this movie without going into plot details and spoilers, i will avoid them because i myself watched without even knowing what it will be about nor anything about this movie - that the best way to enjoy it (as most of the movies actually).

Although i did enjoy "What Happened to Monday" for what it was, i couldn't shake the feeling that this could have been a great movie - only if the could have gone in a bit different direction when setting the story - make no mistake - the concept and the idea behind this story is a really interesting and fresh one (as it can be in this day and age). But the story later started to take more and more predictable pats, end near the end of the movie you could literally say how it will end. Even if for me movies are about the journey rather then destination, this journey could have been great one instead of being just nice one.

Overall, if you love sci-fi movies you should definitively check "What Happened to Monday". It has very intriguing concept and idea, good acting by basically one actress and nice execution. Sadly its not as great as it could have been given the great idea behind it.

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8 /10

More than it seems to be, don't miss it

Based on the summary I expected dumb SF, based on the beginning of the film - boring drama, but this movie is much more than that. The story is very well written, opens up great life and moral issues, but it also offers top entertainment with its unexpected development and twists. It doesn't follow the Hollywood cliché in which "good guys" are essentially safe, and where, although they pass through temptations, we know all the time that they are not in real danger and will ultimately take the victory. Here the story develops rapidly and brutally, and the twists and the end of the film are quite unpredictable and powerful. The main trump of the movie is Noomi Rapace, who plays seven identical sisters so convincingly that after a few minutes you forget that it is the same actress. And considering that in many scenes there are few or even all of them at the same time, we must give recognition to directing and editing. By genre and production, this movie is not an Oscar-winning material, but honestly, it deserves at least some nominations.

8/10

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7 /10

Amazing acting, dubious world

This film's strengths are its acting and action. Noomi Rapace does extremely well playing seven different characters all interacting with each other. The filmmakers make this feel completely natural the whole way, like The Parent Trap but further beyond. The action scenes were also quite riveting as there is a lot of desperate tension and we don't always know how anything will turn out. However, the future world doesn't seem plausible as it appears to be constructed just to feel dystopian in a very obligated way. The future government in this film is ludicrously hamfisted and does everything in the most blunt, thoughtless and loud way. This makes for dramatic action scenes but it detracts from the verisimilitude of the scenario, alongside other plot holes and contradictions.

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10 /10

A hit in China, India ... (screen)

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... but not in France according to the worst critic ever: Nicolas DIDIER from the famous elitist magazine Télérama!

While this is the best movie Noomi gives us since Prometheus, here's what wrote this brainless idiot (and he is paid for that!):

• " caricature Dystopia, dubious ideology " - as often, an official propaganda is put into light because it starts like this… Every material that get close to what should be buried is always teared apart.

• " the seven sisters are limited to seven looks " - Did he get into the projection room? I was and I saw an incredible actress killing herself to impulse life into 7 different characters… Maybe this critic is too fed with awful (but always praised) french movies in which french icons do barely over and over the same part all along their whole career (Deneuve, Cotillard, …) And what about the young sisters ? I found that this kid was really good because she gave us the perfect care for the family, helped by a really supportive and warm Dafoe as usual...

• " Displeasing Malthusian " - ah, ah, at least a movie that tackles the problem of overpopulation: Asimov warned about it in the 60s, the 70s were aware (Soylent Green) and now that population has nearly DOUBLED, no government speaks about it! In France, we are still saying that government should give public allocations even to the most rich to dope birth rate! This thematic was depicted in Dan Brown Inferno and strangely, his book and the movie didn't get a lot of hype! This is clearly the n° 1 issue that world leaders should address but they rather divert us to climatic change and others toys

• " the lack of care of the director to the lives of the characters who dies one after the other by rough killings " - one more time, did he actually see the movie? Actually, all action movies are gratuitous violence! For one time, we have a movie that manages to move us after each violent attacks, that breaks our heart and almost make us cry because it is indeed hard to watch Noomi suffer and suffer but this guy wrote that nothing happens!

• " the child Cryopreservation is for sure a State lie and the machine is revealed, in an abject scene, to be a crematorium. This is not the first that a futuristic movie recycles unscrupulous the Shoah to serve a questionable thriller " - This poor guy is completely paranoid! This movie is about a police state that wants to check everyone everywhere, all the time but in the name of a better way of life! This is exactly what happens today! Every state calls for public order, security, caution about dangerous terrorists everywhere and bad countries outside to crush civil liberties and individual rights at home! For one time (and a bit like the classic trilogy), the rebels are the simple citizens and the bad guys are the government, police forces… In how many actual movies do you see that reality? None except this one: so for sure, when the expected slave gives you a kick where it hurts, the master is not happy! If he is disgusted, what about the classic movie I have talked up? At last, we find the usual limited argument of french intelligentsia about evil: Bad = Nazis = Hitler … I live in a country totally blind, ignorant, mischievous as we faint to believe that nothing bad happened before Nazism and everything that goes wrong since is fascism!

• " we wish it's the last time " - Well, the same for us: we hope that it's above all your last work and that you'll shut up for good!

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8 /10

Started off great, but then...

I was really impressed with this film from the start. The editing, writing and directing were stellar, putting together all the great acted scenes of the seven sisters performed by Noomi Rapace. But towards the end I felt the writing got a little sloppy and there were too many avoidable plot holes. It's a shame, as this film had great potential. Still, very enjoyable and an 8/10 from me.

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3 /10

Do Not Believe the Reviews

Man, The quality of movies have gone down hill This flick got great reviews only it looks like a cheaply produced Netflix piece of garbage. What has happened America?

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6 /10

Watch it for Noomi Rapace's dazzling performance

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"Seven Sisters" (2017 release from the UK and France; 123 min.; US title "What Happened to Monday") opens with a clever montage as to the world's population explosion, leading eventually to a "one child per family" policy. But that doesn't stop Karen Settman, who bears 7 daughters (and dies in childbirth). Karen's dad Terrence is determined to raise his granddaughters "the right way", naming them after the days of the week, and composing an overall "Karen Settman" composite, whereby each of them is allowed to leave the house on the day of the week they are named after. Then one day Monday doesn't return home... At this point we are 15 min. into the movie but to tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.

Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola, best known for "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" a few years ago. Here he goes into the sci-fi direction , playing out what happens in 2073 when society allows only one child per family and other siblings are put into a "cryosleep" until one day things hopefully get better. The movie's overall feel is quite original and imaginative, even if there are plot holes the size of Manhattan. But much of that is compensated by the dazzling performance of Noomi "Girl With Dragon Tattoo" Rapace, who plays all seven sisters, doing it with nuance and fervor. The action scenes are at times way over the top, but always entertaining. Glenn Close has a small role as the "baddie", while William Defoe has an even smaller role as Terrence Settman. But in the end, it's all about Noomi Rapace and her amazing performance.

I caught "Seven Sisters" in the theater recently while on a family visit to Belgium. The matinée screening where I saw this at in Antwerp, Belgium was attended nicely.Upon my return to the US< I noticed the movie has been renamed "What Happened to Monday" for reasons I cannot phantom ("Seven Sisters" seems so much more appropriate). THe movie has been streaming on VOD, and hence I don't know that I will get a theatrical release in the US, which is a shame. Bottom line: if you are a fan of Noomi Rapace, you'll want to check it out, be it on VOD or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray.

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6 /10

Good Sci-Fi flick From Netflix!

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This 2017 sci-fi film takes place in the future and features a group of 7 identical sisters (Noomi Rapace) named after the weekdays who secretly masquerade as business woman, Karen Settman when a government bureau enforces a one-child policy due to overpopulation. Willem Dafoe and Glenn Close are also featured. This is a good flick with suspenseful and dramatic moments, Rapace is great as well as the score. I recommend this.

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10 /10

Very special!

It's happening that I was in Bucharest when they were filming, in the central area. More than that, I've met Raffaella De Laurentiis, the producer, for the first time, on the street in the Univeristate area, and asked her for a role in the film. But things do not work that way in the movie business, the roles are pre-distributed. Still, she was kind and guided me to a Romanian lady who was coordinating the extras. I did not wanted to be an extra, my aim was to act alongside Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close. I did not imagined then that the film would be so good. Usually, foreigners come to shoot in Romania because it is much cheaper, Romania has all possible forms of relief and local teams are very good professionals. And usually movies are of inferior quality because the subjects are of poor quality. The subject of this one leads me thinking of a Chinese law about how many children any couple in China can have. ("In November 2013, following the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, China announced the decision to relax the one-child policy. Under the new policy, families could have two children if one parent, rather than both parents, was an only child.") Watch the movie, I hope you will enjoy as much as I did, Noomi Rapace is absolutely awesome, playing seven different characters, a performance out of the ordinary. My hometown served perfectly as an ugly background.

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8 /10

A really cool dystopia film

I love dystopia fiction and What Happened to Monday was right up my alley. It was a mix of some great sci-fi like Children of Men, Blade Runner, Never Let Me, Orphan Black, Snowpiercer and Minority Report and there were similarities to the Netflix film Mute. The monitor watching and the score were a lot like The Matrix. Most of this is stuff I like.

What Happened to Monday had a cool premise for a dystopia and a sci-fi mystery because it was set in a world where people can only have one child and a set of septuplets live in hiding. One of those sisters goes missing and the rest of them try to find out what happened.

Tommy Wirokla came from a schlocky background and because of this, he was allowed to go to some dark places. No one was safe in this film. For a film that was made on a budget of $20 million, it looked like it cost a lot more. The film does tap into some real issues and pushes them to their extreme.

Clara Read as the younger version of the Settman Siblings was an incredible find for the film and hopefully she has a bright future if she pursuits acting.

I had a lot of fun with this film.

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