Saw this movie at Sundance and feel compelled to write this review because of all of the bogus hype surrounding it. This movie has so many holes that I wish the writers would have received some notes because nothing in this film makes sense. Problem one: The "other" Earth has been hidden behind the sun that's why we couldn't see it all these years we have been exploring the cosmos? Makes no sense. Planting this other planet in our solar system was a huge mistake. Problem two: It takes four years to contact and travel to the other Earth when it is ten times bigger in the sky then our own moon? Makes no sense. It does not take four years to travel to the moon and we have been doing it since 1969. Problem three: Brit Marling's character's name was not revealed to William Mapother's because she was a minor? She was a senior in high school and off to MIT so I don't think she would be a minor, and even if she was I'm sure the victim of the accident would be in the trial and see her face. You can ask the audience to take one leap of faith, but not multiple ones. If this movie had just been a film about star crossed lovers it would've been much better off. The sci-fi element is completely unnecessary and treats the audience like morons; and William Mapother is no leading man. He is super creepy. The secondary actors were sub par. Mr Littlejeans from Royal Tenenbaums makes an appearance that is just laughable. There is random voice-over from a character that is not relevant to the film. You don't even find out who it is until late in the third act. I'm sure there are people that are going to disagree with my review and that is fine but for anyone who is a sci-fi fan looking for a sci-fi movie this is not for you. The best sci-fi film I have seen at Sundance was Primer and I highly recommend that over this film.
Review of Another Earth
