Movie Review: What Happened to Monday?

Full of guns, bombs, government interference and sisterly love, “What Happened to Monday,” a Netflix original thriller, soon became a popular movie among viewers. In some distant future, one governor, Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enacts the Child Allocation Act in order to counteract overpopulation, which is now recognized as a major problem. This law restricts families to having one child; no siblings are allowed. If a set of siblings are discovered, all but the eldest child are put into cryosleep. Cryosleep is a procedure that will supposedly put the children to sleep until the population goes down, at which point they’ll awaken to a new and better world. Unfortunately, due to chemicals in the food supply, one couple ends up having septuplets. When the mother dies during childbirth, her father saves the children from the system, and makes the septuplets live under the single identity of Karen Settman, which was their mother’s name.

"...A unique movie in the oversaturated dystopian genre that will leave your heart racing..."

The seven sisters, all masterfully played by Noomi Rapace, were each named after a day of the week, the day that she would be allowed to go outside. During their childhood, their grandfather taught the sisters to work together and act out the same personality in the outside world, although he still let the sisters exist as individuals inside their home. The movie subtly portrays their distinct personalities As they grow older, their individuality creates tension in the family. Every day, the sisters’ resentment about their confinement to the home grows and grows until one night, Monday doesn’t return home. Their secret exposed, these clever sisters have to avoid government-sanctioned execution while searching for their missing sibling. An endless cycle of violence and survival ensues as they evade the government, and rebel against the oppressive Child Allocation Act.“What Happened to Monday” is a film that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Its excellence hangs on its gritty portrayal of the lengths that people will go to protect their loved ones, and its refusal to shy away from the destructive impact of well-intentioned laws. “What Happened to Monday” is a unique movie in the oversaturated dystopian genre that will leave your heart racing, even after the credits start to roll.