The Girl with All the Gifts
A gifted hybrid child becomes the fragile center of a desperate fight over survival, science, and the future of humanity.
Overview
In a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, a new hope emerges from the unlikeliest of sources: children with a terrifying hunger.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- disturbing
- bleak
- late night horror viewing
- dystopian movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film tense, intriguing, and emotionally grounded, with Sennia Nanua’s performance and its ethical ideas standing out despite a less coherent final act.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Melanie is a thoughtful hybrid child whose hunger and emotional capacity force other characters to reconsider what makes someone human.
Dr. Caroline Caldwell conducts cruel experiments on hybrid children while claiming they may provide humanity’s only scientific solution.
The opening setting combines an army base, classroom routines, confinement, and experimentation in a rural British stronghold.
The film uses rural Britain, military equipment, infection ecology, and restrained CGI to create a tangible post-disaster world.
Films like The Girl with All the Gifts, and why
28 Days Later
shared post-apocalyptic horror, infection-driven survival, grounded tension, and morally complex human-versus-infected conflict
Children of Men
shared dystopian science fiction, institutional experimentation, child-centered danger, and bleak ethical questions
Train to Busan
shared zombie horror, survival adventure, claustrophobic military settings, and emotionally charged human relationships
The Last of Us
shared post-apocalyptic atmosphere, bleak survival journey, and unsettling questions about humanity and identity
Movie Details
- Director
- Colm McCarthy
- Release Date
- 2016-09-23
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (2237)
Cast
- Sennia Nanua
- Gemma Arterton
- Paddy Considine
- Glenn Close
- Fisayo Akinade
- Anamaria Marinca
- Anthony Welsh
- Joe Lomas
- Dominique Tipper
- Eli Lane
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Girl with All the Gifts about?
- A gifted hybrid child becomes the fragile center of a desperate fight over survival, science, and the future of humanity.
- What is The Girl with All the Gifts like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Girl with All the Gifts as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Girl with All the Gifts violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Girl with All the Gifts as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Girl with All the Gifts?
- Critics broadly found the film tense, intriguing, and emotionally grounded, with Sennia Nanua’s performance and its ethical ideas standing out despite a less coherent final act.
- Which films are like The Girl with All the Gifts?
- Films with a similar feel include 28 Days Later, Children of Men, Train to Busan, and The Last of Us.
- How long is The Girl with All the Gifts?
- The Girl with All the Gifts runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Girl with All the Gifts?
- In United States, The Girl with All the Gifts streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
