As the students were engrossed in the rich mystery of this story, a series of hands shot up in the air to ask if a placenta was some sort of dark witchcraft. (gse.harvard.edu)
But the last shot we see is of the Star Child, which adds to the mystery of the story. (homepages.sover.net)
Garland effectively ratchets up the mystery of a story in which crucial pieces are missing for a reason; we see brief flashbacks that put Portman's marriage into context that doesn't clarify as much as make «Annihilation» increasingly more impenetrable (Oscar Isaac stars as her absent husband). (washingtonpost.com)