Review of Soylent Green (1973) by Stacie — 13 Aug 2008

I think I shouldn't be laughing, I really do. I mean, I think 'Soylent Green' is meant to be a serious sci-fi film, but I found it hilarious. It's grim and it has black humour in it and every single stereotype you can come up with from the 70's detective film. I don't know. When I watch this as a kid I pretty much guessed the whole big surprise and I almost fell from the chair when Heston uttered out the entire big thing in the exact same words that popped into my mind about the whole horrific ordeal.

Either this film is a brilliant piece of black comedy or then it is just unintentionally funny. Either way I got the laughs out of it when I was a kid and even now. I love it.