The Big Picture
- Esmail brings the powerlessness of Mr. Robot to a larger scale in Leave the World Behind, immersing viewers in a rapidly crumbling world with no hope.
- The performances in the film, particularly by Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali, lend depth to the characters and make the insular story compelling.
- Esmail's script and directing create a heightened sense of terror, with disconcerting angles and camerawork that make the home-based scenes just as exciting as the outside world's chaos.