What age rating is Ex Machina?

In Spain, Ex Machina is not recommended for children under 12 years old.

When does Ex Machina come out in Spain?

Ex Machina hits Spanish cinemas on February 27, 2015.

How much did Ex Machina gross?

Ex Machina grossed $36.9M worldwide on a budget of $15.0M.

Where was Ex Machina filmed?

Ex Machina was filmed in London, at Pinewood Studios, in Sognefjord and Valldalen.

Ex Machina

Name: Ex Machina
Director: Alex Garland
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 2015-01-21
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson

2015

Become a fan of its genres:

7.6/10

Release Date

21/01/2015

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

92%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

77%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

78%

Nothing is more human than the will to survive.

Caleb Smith is a programmer at Bluebook, one of the most popular search engines in the world. After winning an internal contest, he earns the prize of spending a week with Nathan Bateman, the eccentric CEO of the company. Nathan lives in isolation on a property in the mountains of Alaska, where Caleb arrives by helicopter with the idea of a professional meeting. Nathan explains that he has a task for him: to take part in a test involving his latest creation, an artificially intelligent android. Caleb sets out to fulfill the assignment, but the place, its rules and the personality of his host make the stay far more tense than he expected. The film is directed by Alex Garland, and Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac lead the cast as Caleb and Nathan.

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Facts about Ex Machina

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 12 years old

Spain releaseFebruary 27, 2015

Worldwide premiereDecember 14, 2014

Runtime1 h 48 min

Original languageEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom, United States

Production companiesDNA Films, Film4 Productions, IAC Films

Budget$15.0M

Worldwide box office$36.9M

Box office in the U.S.$25.4M

Return on investmentx2.5 Box office hit

Trailer views520K

More ratings

4.0/5Letterboxd77/100Trakt7.9/10Metacritic (público)4.0/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Ex Machina

1Oscars won

74total awards

163total nominations

Oscar 1 2 nom.

Awards won

2016Academy Award for Best Visual Effects · Andrew Whitehurst

Nominations

2016Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
2016Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
2015Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay
2015European Film Award for Best Actress
2015European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Ex Machina Cast

Domhnall GleesonCaleb

Alicia VikanderAva

Oscar IsaacNathan

Sonoya MizunoKyoko

Corey JohnsonJay

Claire SelbyLily

Symara A. TemplemanJasmine

Gana BayarsaikhanJade

Tiffany PisaniKatya

Elina AlminasAmber

Chelsea LiOffice Girl (uncredited)

Dan PappaspanosOffice Worker (uncredited)

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Cast of Ex Machina by the numbers

31average cast age in years

5years of age gap between the leads

67%women in the cast

29%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Tiffany Pisani, age 23 at release. The oldest: Corey Johnson, at 53.

Cast ages at release

Domhnall Gleeson31 years old
Alicia Vikander26 years old
Oscar Isaac35 years old
Sonoya Mizuno28 years old
Corey Johnson53 years old
Tiffany Pisani23 years old
Elina Alminas24 years old

Cast heights

1.78 mDomhnall Gleeson
1.74 mOscar Isaac
1.70 mSonoya Mizuno
1.68 mAlicia Vikander

Cast nationalities

Japan 1United Kingdom 1United States 1Ireland 1

Crew

AddressAlex Garland
WritingAlex Garland
MusicBen Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
PhotographyRob Hardy
EditingMark Day
Production designMark Digby
Costume designSammy Sheldon
CastingFrancine Maisler
Visual effectsSara Bennett, John Lockwood, Andrew Whitehurst
ProductionAllon Reich, Andrew Macdonald

Trivia about Ex Machina

To avoid the fluorescent lights typical of science fiction, 15 000 small light bulbs were installed at Pinewood Studios.

The effects scenes add up to about 800 takes, of which about 350 involve robots. That is fewer than in other productions, but they last longer than usual, because in action movies they barely reach one second.

The film used neither motion capture nor green screens. The actors were always on set, which required body tracking work in post-production, since the filmmakers wanted to prioritize the conversations between characters.

Shanahan, one of the film's consultants, has the ISBN of his book hidden in the references as a secret message.

Universal and its specialty label Focus Features refused to distribute the film in the United States, so A24 handled its release there.

With a budget of $15 million, the movie went on to gross over $38 million worldwide.

Alicia Vikander won the role of Ava after sending a homemade audition in which she tied back her hair, applied sunscreen to her face and used different colors of eyeliner to build the character.

Filming lasted four weeks on a set near London and two weeks in Norway; the house and hotel at the Norwegian location were designed by the same architect.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)

What it's about Ex Machina

androiddancingfriendshipman vs machinedistrustartificial intelligence (a.i.)isolationtechnologymanipulationhigh technologytreasondeceptionnorwaylaboratoryrobotpower outagesurveillancerichsurveillance cameraconsciousnessemployer employee relationshipisolated housewealthy manexistentialism

Main theme: mad scientist, android, artificial intelligence, rogue AI

What Ex Machina is called in other countries

It was released in 23 countries, each in its own language.

SpainEx_Machina
FranceEx_Machina
MexicoEx-Máquina
BrazilEx_Machina: Instinto Artificial
Japanエクス・マキナ
South Korea엑스 마키나
China机械姬
RussiaИз машины
BulgariaEx Machina: Бог от машината
Georgiaექს რობოტი
GreeceΑπό Μηχανής
Hong Kong智能叛侶

See the remaining 11 countries

Iranاکس‌مشینا
Israelאקס מכינה
KyrgyzstanМашинанын ичинен
Saudi Arabiaلم تعد آلة
Singapore机械姬
SlovakiaUmelá inteligencia
Taiwan智能叛侶
Thailandพิศวาสจักรกลอันตราย
UkraineІз машини
United Arab Emiratesلم تعد آلة
VietnamNgười Máy Trỗi Dậy

Does Ex Machina Have a Post-Credits Scene?

There are no scenes during or after the credits.

Where it was filmed Ex Machina

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Quotes by Ex Machina

One day the AI's are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction.
Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you?
[about Ava's brain] Impulse. Response. Fluid. Imperfect. Patterned. Chaotic.
It's funny. You know. No matter how rich you get, shit goes wrong. You can't insulate yourself from it. I used to think it was death and taxes you couldn't avoid, but it's actually death and shit.
[after being stabbed] Okay. Fucking unreal. Okay. Ava...

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