'No One Will Save You' review: aliens and isolation combine to make an artsy sci-fi horror

"No One Will Save You," a movie about a town pariah trying to fend off an alien invasion, released as a Hulu original on Sept. 22.

Kaitlyn Dever stars as Brynn Adams, a young woman who lives alone and who has been socially isolated from her community in the wake of an incident that led to the death of her best friend Maude roughly a decade earlier.

Literally, when people see Brynn walking down the street, they give her pointed looks before immediately turning to ignore her. When I say she's hated by the community, I mean she is well and truly hated.

Even after getting the context clues about what exactly happened to Maude, I still couldn't comprehend anyone other than perhaps Maude's parents hating Brynn that much, and even their hatred seemed pretty aggressive all things considered.

I almost didn't care about the alien invasion storyline at times because I spent so much time literally saying out loud, "What did you do? Why does everyone hate you this much?"

That said, the aliens were pretty fascinating. Many of the aliens presented as typical greys, but some of them were actually pretty creatively designed and it left me wondering if there was any lore about different subspecies and their respective purposes.

Aside from the standard design, there were also aliens that had shortened limbs, lengthy spider-like limbs, and even some that looked like sea urchins with facehugger properties. They all still seemed to stem from the same overarching species though.

Another fascinating aspect of the film is the fact that there's almost no dialogue. Sometimes you'll hear other characters say something short like "oh, yeah" in the background, but even then, it's distant or muffled. Likewise, Brynn only says one or two lines of dialogue near the end of the film.

At first glance, this might seem uninteresting or unnatural, but the lack of dialogue actually makes sense for most of the movie. After all, Brynn spends much of the movie alone, ignored, or hiding from the aliens, so it makes sense that there's little to no dialogue.

And even without the dialogue, Dever's visual acting is on point and makes you relate to Brynn as a character. Plus, the movie is only 93 minutes long, so it's not as drawn out as you may initially worry it is. It gives the movie an artistic feel.

Artistic films aren't for everyone, but I highly recommend giving "No One Will Save You" the old college try. Even though it's not exactly my typical kind of movie, I really appreciated the way it was crafted and the performances of the actors.