What Happened to Monday
Seven identical sisters risk everything to uncover why one of them vanished from a world where having more than one child is a crime.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- propulsive
- bleak
- sci-fi movie night
- action thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics found the high-concept premise and Noomi Rapace's committed multi-role performance entertaining, but regarded the action, characterization, plot logic, and predictability as uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Noomi Rapace portrays the seven Settman sisters, differentiating their behavior, appearance, and loyalties while they share one public identity.
The Child Allocation Bureau enforces a one-child policy through identity monitoring and punitive action against unauthorized children.
The sisters take turns appearing outside as Karen Settman while hiding their existence and individual identities.
Overpopulation and famine are used to legitimize compulsory family planning and the Bureau's enforcement regime.
Films like What Happened to Monday, and why
Children of Men
shares near-future dystopian science fiction, authoritarian population control, conspiratorial investigation, and kinetic action
Equilibrium
shares dystopian social engineering, state surveillance, identity concealment, and stylized science-fiction action
Total Recall
shares identity conspiracies, oppressive future governance, and paranoid science-fiction thriller momentum
Soylent Green
shares overpopulation anxiety, authoritarian control, and bleak futuristic world-building with action set pieces
Movie Details
- Director
- Tommy Wirkola
- Release Date
- 2017-08-18
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (6581)
Cast
- Noomi Rapace
- Glenn Close
- Willem Dafoe
- Marwan Kenzari
- Christian Rubeck
- Pål Sverre Hagen
- Tomiwa Edun
- Cassie Clare
- Cameron Jack
- Clara Read
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is What Happened to Monday about?
- Seven identical sisters risk everything to uncover why one of them vanished from a world where having more than one child is a crime.
- What is What Happened to Monday like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What Happened to Monday as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is What Happened to Monday violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in What Happened to Monday as graphic.
- What did critics think of What Happened to Monday?
- Critics found the high-concept premise and Noomi Rapace's committed multi-role performance entertaining, but regarded the action, characterization, plot logic, and predictability as uneven.
- Which films are like What Happened to Monday?
- Films with a similar feel include Children of Men, Equilibrium, Total Recall, and Soylent Green.
- How long is What Happened to Monday?
- What Happened to Monday runs 123 minutes.
- Where can I watch What Happened to Monday?
- In United States, What Happened to Monday streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
