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Genres: DramaSci
Starring: William Mapother, Robin Taylor, Jordan Baker, Brit Marling, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, Meggan Lennon
Director(s): Mike Cahill
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 7 out of 10 (14584 votes)
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
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FatMan-QaTFM (25 May 2012)
Compelling story, beautiful cinematography, but suffered under poor acting.
Every year I get really excited about the handful of indie films thatpop up in the festivals and threaten to break the normally terribleindie mold. Another Earth showed up on my radar during a Pom WonderfulGreatest Movie Thing screening at my local pseudo-art cinema. My wifetold me to keep calm and not to set myself up for disappointment, but Idon't listen. I am my own man, and I wanted a space drama.I'm going to synopsize for a second and although it's sort ofspoilerish, the trailer covers every bit of it. Brit Marlin plays RhodaWilliams, a smart young teen who goes to the big house for a few yearsafter sending a man's entire family to that big Another Earth in thesky. She comes back after her release to apologize to John Burroughs(William Mapother), but can't bring herself to tell the truth andultimately starts a torrid little affair with the once brilliantcomposer. During all of this, she writes a moving essay that wins her atrip to the other Earth, which was discovered the night of heraccidental slaughter party. Truth is told, lives are changed, sad indiemusic plays.On paper (or your favorite digital text viewer), this script isfantastic. There's a nice element of sci-fi suspense overarching a veryuncomfortable drama. There isn't a moment of their relationship youstop thinking "Jeez, she is really adding insult to injury in an epicway", and you anxiously wait for the honest moment that has to happen.Nobody can live life with that big of a lie hanging over them, andnobody is going to react well to that kind of information. Tension!Drama! Uncomfortable! Yessssss! But none of that ever happens. Sure,she tells the truth and he's upset, but neither are anywhere close towhat everybody in the audience feels. *I* was getting anxious for thetruth, *I* was getting angry for Burroughs, but neither Williams norMapother broke enough from their permanently blank looks to convey anyof those emotions in a satisfying way.I hate to blame the partial failure of the movie on the acting, but Idon't what else caused it. The story was compelling, interesting, andwell-crafted; every shot was a work of art from the lovely twilightwides, to the CGI earth in the sky. I should mention that theincredibly talented Fanton brothers of Bentlight Digital helped withAE's special effects. They also worked on a great short my wife and Idid sound for called Source. No faults there, as far as I'm concerned.Brit Marlin starts the movie with a smile, leaves prison with a blanklook on her face, and never looks back. And as much as I loved Mapotherin LOST (eeee!), he really didn't get angry, sad, or happy in anybelievable way. It really boils down to believable acting in a story sodriven by human emotion.While Another Earth raised some interesting questions about paralleluniverses, the larger dramatic story dragged along lifelessly under theweight of sub-par acting.
socrates99 (24 May 2012)
Not flashy or overly impressive but still undeniably entertaining
There are two irreplaceable stars to this fairly low budget movie, onethe beautiful vision of the second earth itself, and two, Brit Marling,the beautiful protagonist who is in almost every frame. This is not asci-fi movie in any real sense. The second earth is just a convenientdevice to explore the real subject of this film, the anguished journeyof a young woman who has committed a horrific crime lacking any realintent.It's easy enough to get the details of that crime before seeing themovie but suffice it to say that there was a similar incident with ayoung woman in my town in the near past so it had an extra level ofrelevance for us. In the local case the girl got away scot-free. This movie's protagonistnot only doesn't get away unscathed, she struggles in an utterly humaneway to overcome her guilt. For that Brit Marling is an exquisite choiceof actress who held my attention and sympathy throughout. All the moreimpressive because she shared writing credits with the director,Cahill.This is an artful if bare bones film that you will forgive for havingto resort to fantasy to make its points. It definitely makes me wonderwhat this Mike Cahill might come up with next.
cwatson1901 (17 May 2012)
One of a kind and the best of the year
Very rarely does a film come along that changes your perspective on theworld around you as well as the world inside your head. Even moreuncommon is a science fiction movie that, despite an impossiblepremise, remains grounded in reality and never forgets that at itscore, it is a deeply human story. Mike Cahill's Another Earth, whichopened to glowing reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival, doesboth of those, and in spite of its minute budget, it's one of the moreimpressive science fiction films of recent years.Another Earth chronicles the discovery of a new planet in our solarsystem, a planet that mirrors ours exactly - down to the people thatinhabit it. On the night of the discovery, MIT-bound Rhoda Williamsdrunkenly crashes into the car of Yale professor John Burroughs,killing his pregnant wife and son and leaving him in a coma. Four yearslater, Rhoda is released from prison and sets out to atone for hercrime; Rhoda's journey coincides with more in-depth studies anddiscoveries about "Earth 2," and this is where the story really begins.Another Earth certainly has science-fiction elements, but Earth 2generally remains in the background, while the human story ofatonement, regret, and second chances takes the forefront. In fact, thebest scene of the film has nothing at all to do with Earth 2: it's ascene of Rhoda and John bonding over a video game. Earth 2 is not muchof a plot point, but more of another character in the film; itrepresents for Rhoda and John the chance at another life, thepossibility of something different, and its ubiquity in every shotsuggests to the audience that those possibilities are always there.This is the kind of science-fiction film I wish there were more of. Thegenre usually calls for explosions, thrilling action sequences, and ahandsome movie star as the lead; Another Earth presents silence,introspection, and a deeply flawed main character who doesn't know howto maneuver within the life she has ruined for herself. People in thecinema complained that Earth 2 was never fully explored, and that theconflict should have focused more on that, but that's a story foranother, in my opinion, inferior film. Another Earth is interesting notfor its exploration of scientific possibilities but for its study ofhow people react to and are changed by the extraordinary.Mike Cahill, the director, and Brit Marling, the lead actress, co-wrotethe screenplay, and I hope this is only the first of many futurecollaborations between the two. Their passion for science shows, asdoes their commitment to creating a profoundly real character study andlimiting the fiction to the background. Marling as an actress is arevelation. She clearly has a deep understanding of Rhoda; the way shecarries herself is precisely in tune with Rhoda's development, she'snot afraid to play the role as awkward, inept, scared, and above all,flawed. William Mapother's John Burroughs isn't as fleshed out as Rhodais, but he excels in a plum role that we haven't seen him take onbefore. He is spiky and angry, and throughout the course of the film hebeautifully and gradually reveals his character's broken core. Thescore by Fall On Your Sword mimics the film in a way, containing hintsof electronica with a moving, emotive theme at the center.Another Earth, simply put, is one of a kind. It puts a fresh spin onthe science-fiction genre, and I hope one day it will be looked back onas revolutionary for the way it gives the human story prominence overthe fictional aspects. It's not only the best movie of 2011 so far, butit's become one of my favorites of all time as well.
Chaplin-Renaissance (17 May 2012)
My mind could not stop thinking from the first scene of this movie.
This is a science-fiction. What will happen if you see another earthbig enough to be up in the sky that is exactly the same as you areliving in? And There is another YOU exactly the same as this YOU. Willthat YOU be better than this YOU?This is a drama about redemption. A reckless teenager. A lethal caraccident. A twenty-one years old convict. A music professor who livesin shadow. A truth that needs to be told and forgive.This is a love story. What would you do if you fall in love with personyou are supposed to hate the most in the world?This is the philosophy of a mirror. We human being always think ifthere is another me on another earth, we hope he or she wouldn't makethe same mistake as we did. We often forget the another YOU is actuallyliving inside of this YOU. Learn to clear your mind and adjustyourself, YOU will have PEACE inside.
Jacuk (12 May 2012)
Horrible slow movie filled with bad acting and plot wholes the size of earth
In the famous words of Brando."You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. Icould've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I amThis sums up this movie to a tee.The story is about a young girl just getting started on her life whomakes a terrible decision which costs her own future.This in itself is a poorly done plot, since most people in the US knowthat if your under 18 the legal system doesn't treat you as an adultand even though the accident had a fatal consequences, the outcomewould have good chance of not ending as we seen in this movie, a under18 would also have gotten her records sealed even if she is 21 when shecomes out of jail.But it's something that you can overlook if it wasn't because the movieitself keeps this premise up and continue down a slow road and adds tothe plot holes.Another fatal failure is the whole concept about another earth thatmimics Earth 1 if you know anything about the multiverse you know thateven though yes there is copies they won't be the exact same I couldeasily continue with other key elements but that would be spoiling themovie for those who despite this warning still goes and rents it.Because combined with the plot the acting is absolutely horrible, theyoung girl played by Brit Marling is unbelievable pale and artificialand not very trustworthy in the role and almost every sentence she hasseem to be read direct from a script. William Mapother who plays Johnis also stale and when we think of him as the same guy we have seen inlost its almost unbearable to see him in this B-rated movie that wouldbe best left alone as a script on the bottom of some directors desk So don't waste your time watching this because it's a hour and halfbetter spent on something else perhaps go give your family a nice nightout or watch paint dry.
juanmlleras (12 May 2012)
A beautiful and rare film about redemption
A moving and delicate film that you should not miss.Mike Cahill film begins with the sudden apparition of a perfect replicaof our Earth in the sky, which creates the background curtain for aterrible tragedy.There are discussions of physics and parallel universes. But that isnot the core of this movie.This is a film about sorrow, guilt, growing up, atonement, redemptionand love.The background is that of a science fiction movie, but there are norockets, collisions, nor vibrant special effects.The performance of the ethereal Brit Marling, who is also one of thewriters of the carefully constructed plot is very moving. But you willnot find the convulsive sobbing that some actors believe are necessaryfor great acting. Her's is an eloquent performance in delicate tones.William Mapother-s performance is at moments closer to traditionalacting but Brit Marling brings into focus the details of this couple'stragedy into a more diffuse and delicate focus.Great actors, great photography and a precise rhythm, make this filmone of the best I've seen in recent years.But definitely it's not about space travel. Is about the unfathomableinternal universe of human beings.
jack-800 (08 May 2012)
Awful
Sometimes when I read positive reviews I can't help thinking that thefilm makers family and friends have gone to very, very great efforts tomake it seem that lots and lots of people think the movie is reallygood. That's the only conclusion I can reach why there are any positivereviews for this film.It's like a fairly good student film. Lots of work might have gone intoit, but it's a fairly good, and not exceptional, student film.Abysmal science, amateurish writing, amateurish acting, bad score,lousy plot, silly film from start to finish.If I was a student, I'd be fairly proud to have made this film as myfirst feature.But as a watchable film? Forget it.This is probably the most amateurish science fiction film I've everseen, from start to finish.
henk321 (08 May 2012)
This is a allegorical movie about human kind.
Another earth to help us see ourselves. A serious accident to show ourhuman drama. So with the movie we are encouraged to see our own humandrama on our own planet. The people on the other earth are us! We havealready forgotten the impact of the picture of Earth taken out of theApollo capsule. We live in a world where wars and conflicts are raging.Where millions suffered and are suffering. Where a financial crisis isgoing on. Where we are unable to solve our problems. In the movie ourworld is suffering, the other world is how it can be. The composer'sfamily is alive. Rhoda finished her study. Rhoda sees her better selfin the end of the movie. The other world population is how we could be.The other world is a jewel in the sky. The other world is the jewel weshould keep in mind. The movie helps us to change our perspective, fromhaving to accept grim reality as it is on this world to a dream for abetter world. Only a jewel in the sky of our mind, our dream, keeps uswanting to change the world for the better. As Rhoda gives her journeyto the other world to John, so we should give to the other in a moreurgent need. I think this was meant with the movie.
sean_swanepoel (07 May 2012)
An absolute MUST SEE !!
Read no reviews. They will spoil the experience. Some will hate it &those like me, who it connects with will oversell it. 13 years sincethe release of The Matrix & I have waited that long to see this film.From the opening bar of the music on a black screen you are drawn inimmediately. You leap from your chair and free-fall into Another Earth.I was surprised that people call this a sci-fi movie. It is so farremoved from sci-fi, rather it poses the question: What is our purpose?Understated, Another Earth is so well thought out, so well created,realised & acted, but very powerful & proves again that when theAmericans really want to, they are able to hit the mark on a level noother can. This film works on a million levels. The music complimentsthe visual in a way that you'd be justified in saying, the filmcompliments the music. I was blown away. If you see this on yourtelevision the first time, you will regret not seeing it in the cinema.Forget everything you think you know about cinema and about music, forthat matter & go see this film now. Immerse yourself & be mesmerised,which is after all cinema's endeavour. Expect nothing & experience themost emotional laden movie that stirs the intellect to the point whereyour emotions take a back seat. It deals with grief & existence.Everything about this film suggests you should cry. I could not. Itengages the brain & the heart simultaneously. The net result is anintellectual emotion you rarely experience. How many movies can claimthat? I salute the creators. WE, as humans, ARE CAPABLE OF greatdestruction, but we are equally capable OF PROFOUND INSIGHT. Abeautiful film that restores your faith in us, as a race. What Tree ofLife tried to illustrate in 139mins, Another Earth achieves in theopening sequence. One quote from the film captures its essence. "Withinour lifetimes, we've marvelled as biologists have managed to look atever smaller and smaller things. And astronomers have looked furtherand further into the dark night sky, back in time and out in space. Butmaybe the most mysterious of all is neither the small nor the large:it's us..."
toocrazyforlife (07 May 2012)
Predictable. Very, very predictable.
And that was one of my main problems with it. It was incredibly,predictable. She has an accident, and gets sent to prison for 4 years.She then finds out the guy she crashed into has come out of a coma. "Ineed to go make things right and say I'm sorry." And that's basicallythe whole movie, her trying to make things right.Wait, there's another earth getting closer to ours? Holy **** that'sawesome! Do we find out if anybody else is on it? Yeah, it's aduplicate of our world with minor changes. Awesome, do we ever get togo to it? ...No. Okay, do we get to see any of the people from thatworld? ...Sorta, at the very end, but it's just one.Why is this called another earth? Honestly, it's just a predictabledrama with a sci-fi aspect so small they should have just removed thatpart and focused it on the drama. It would have done better than tryingto mesh drama with a really good sci-fi aspect, only to end up fallingon its butt and creating a boring drama.
tim jackson (07 May 2012)
Dazzling, simple, and uplifting
I thought this was a wonderful combination of a kind of philosophicalsci-fi and human drama. More than playing on the likelihood of an eventlike this being remotely plausible, it maintains itself with somedazzling, endearingly low tech images and set pieces. The incitingincident car crash took my breath away. Gazing at the second giantearth has all the possibilities of imagining heaven, or that there ispossibility beyond Plato's cave  an often alluded to allegory (tryAmerican Beauty!) The scene where the professor plays a saw with a bowfor Rhoda as she closes her eyes to drift away past her fears into herimaginings perfectly caught the contrast of the grounded human drama asit plays against the more ethereal metaphor of 'another earth'. Theother earth is a nifty device that raises our compassion, and posesquestions of how we heal and deal with enormous grief or loss.But holding the whole thing in check are two things. First are thefabulously subtle compositions, framing, editing, and segues from shotto shot  all by Mike Cahill. It an accomplished and cohesive piece offilm-making, The other, and maybe more obvious, is the amazing BritMarling. She has a face that seems to effortlessly register everythingwe are compelled to understand about the character. It may my ownpreference, but I could interrogate (if I may use the word!) a greatface for hours. It requires not only natural beauty, but real feeling,subtlety, and skill from the actor. Isabel Huppert, Michelle Williams,and Emily Watson all come to mind. Brit Marling seems to me, to be oneof those actresses. If Cahill and Marling remain a creative couple, Ican't wait to see what's next.And the very last moment of the film  just when I really couldn'timagine what larger idea they would shoot for  caught me aback. It'swonderful. Make of if it what you will. Is it metaphor or plot, I'm notsure, but it is a stunner!
Rockwell_Fassbender (07 May 2012)
A real stunner that stays with you.
This one affected me in quite an interesting and unique way. Through alot of the film I kept thinking that they set it up with this hugeconcept and then turn it into a contained character drama, and I wasthinking that was a flaw. I became so immediately interested in EarthTwo and the ramifications of something like that, it was hard for me tocare enough about the character dynamic at the core of it. Thebackground was so intriguing and mysterious that I had trouble focusingon what was important about the film. This kept plaguing me, but thenthe film ended and I realized I had been crying for at least the lastfifteen minutes.Somewhere in there I became wrapped up in these two characters and soinvested in their struggle together. I kept thinking that I wanted morefocus on Earth Two, but once the revelatory ending came I realized thatit shouldn't have been handled any other way. I'm so excited to see itagain because I think now I'm going to be able to focus so much more onthe characters knowing that they shouldn't be focusing anymore on EarthTwo because that's not what matters.Brit Marling is a stunner here, a kind of performance that sinks in andgets under your skin in the most beautiful way. She reminded me a lotof Sarah Polley, taking scenes that could have been overdone andmelodramatic and taking them in ways that are much more natural andminimalistic than you would expect. She walks around like she has thissecret that only she knows and internalizes so much in that beautiful,transcendent face and she blew me away. I cared so deeply for her bythe end. Her chemistry with William Mapother was tremendous, themcreating these two people who shut themselves off from the world aftera tragedy and are only able to open back up to each other. The scenewhere they play a video game together is one of the most beautiful onscreen this year.The technical qualities are truly enrapturing, bringing you into thisworld and creating a feast for the eyes without taking away from thepower of the character's journey. Those shots with Marling walkingwhile Earth Two looms in the background are startlingly gorgeous. Thisis a film that appeals to all of the senses and can only be fullyappreciated after the credits end. A really surprising work.
danew13 (01 May 2012)
Lovely Romantic Drama of Redemption Ruined by Hoaky Sci Fi
Another Earth highlights fine acting in a rather trite main plot abouta quest for redemption that turns to affection. Brit Marling'scharacter is emotionally torn by the deaths she caused to WilliamMapother's wife and child. This plot is cast against a duplicate earthand moon that is growing and growing Melancholia style throughout thefilm.Unlike Melancholia, this planet, for some unexplained reason doesn'tcrash into our earth and anyway Another Earth is a better film thanMelancholia.Since life on the other earth duplicates our lives, Brit feels Bill maybe able to find his wife and child still alive there. So, she gives himher ticket to the Richard Branson style civilian space ship heading forthe other earth.Now, forget the great acting and decent, yet trite plot. What's Bill'scharacter going to do if he finds his wife and child alive with aduplicate husband? Sort of Big Love in reverse.
Luis Dias (01 May 2012)
Probably the only sci-fi movie worth seeing
I'm a huge fan of science fiction and will pretty much gorge on everywritten or filmed title of the genre. So much so that i sometimes findmyself watching an utterly hideous mass-produced junk film like, let'ssay, X-Men First Class, knowing full well before-hand that i was goingto hate every minute of it, but still clinging to the hope of takingpleasure in seeing another gloriously outlandish world unfold onscreen.That's the most enticing promise of science-fiction, isn't it? Thepromise of travel to a completely new dimension, where our presentlives are a thing of the past, our hardships now as relevant as thoseof a neanderthal would be to us. Global warming, unemployment, lack offreedom, crime... one or another, made obsolete, already solved andforgotten. Humanity peaked and faces new incredibly inspiringchallenges. Yes, there's dystopias, of course, but those i thinktranscend the genre, they are tales of caution, more than fantasies ofthe "If". We all know how close that precipice always is, we talk aboutit constantly on or everyday lives, how this or that is going to bringabout the end of all that's good. It's the chance to bask at howamazing the future will be, that is what makes science-fiction soappealing.And that's why this movie is so brilliant. Because it tells us that theultimate mystery is not in the infinitely small or out there in thevast endlessness of the universe, it's right here, in us. And itinvites you to bask, not at the possibility of exploring new planets,but how there's less worlds in the entire universe than there aredreams inside you. And that's for me, after watching this movie, theonly relevant science-fiction. Because it's both the goal of scienceand the purpose of fiction. To know ourselves.
chrismsawin (28 April 2012)
Intelligent sci-fi; a rarity in itself
I think just about everyone looks up at the sky every so often andwonders what else is out there. Outer space is filled with so manyunexplored territories that logically speaking there has to beintelligent life out there somewhere. Otherwise it'd just be a waste ofspace. Undiscovered planets and unimaginable life forms are only thehalf of it. What if there's another planet somewhere in the cosmossimilar to earth? Raising the stakes a bit, what if you and everyoneyou knew was also on that planet in addition to earth like an alternateuniverse that was right within our grasps? That is essentially whatmakes Another Earth so interesting.Earth 2; that's what the planet is being called that is right withinour atmosphere. They're saying another you is on that planet that mayhave made all the decisions you wish you had or married the person youalways wish you did. Sometimes the concept of a film is reallypowerful. It's so powerful and so intriguing that it kind of backsitself into a corner since there's really no way the film will ever beable to follow through with a product that's quite as good as itsconcept. Another Earth is kind of like that. The film does its best tointertwine the stories of Earth 2 and the blossoming relationshipbetween Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling) and John Burroughs (WilliamMapother) and it all comes together in a really satisfying way. Butyou're also left wondering what the planet would be like if we actuallygot to take the trip there in the film. Is animal life the same? Dothey have similar technology? Are famous monuments altered at all? Thequestions are endless and while its best to leave these questions openended, part of you is left wondering if some of these questionscould've been answered with a larger budget.The soundtrack was nearly as brilliant as the concept of the film. It'sa rather brilliant mix of classical and electronic music with more ofan emphasis falling on the classical part since John Burroughs is acomposer. Classical scores always seem to bring out the best in filmsand the few electronic tracks threw in a little bit of unpredictabilitythat also strangely fit the tone and atmosphere of the film.The biggest weakness Another Earth has is its camera work. It feelsdownright amateurish at times. Things seem to smooth out a bit in thesecond half, but objects and people on screen start off being blurry orout of focus right from the start. So while there were a fewinteresting perspectives thrown in, it didn't really make up for thecamera being out of position at times and wondering if the awkwardcamera work was intentional at others.Another Earth latches onto your interest right out of the gate with arather high impact introduction and keeps that engrossing factor alivethroughout its duration. The bonding that takes place between Rhoda andJohn takes the front seat while the hype around Earth 2 is kind of theside seat driver; you're always hearing about it but it never reallybecomes a factor until the conclusion. Another Earth also delivers areally satisfying ending. Thinking back on it, there really isn'tanother way to end a film like this. If it wasn't for the camera workthat feels somewhat unprofessional at times, Another Earth would bereally fantastic. An absorbing and engaging film with a uniquestoryline, Another Earth is one of the most thought provoking films ofthe year.
TheInvisibleCar (28 April 2012)
The big thing a lot of viewers didn't figure out...
Spoiler Alert!!! This comment is for those who have already seen the movie, as mycomments mainly pertain to the last scene.It would seem that most viewers didn't get something I justautomatically figured out during the course of the movie...and thisthing has to do with the broken synchronicity. Earth 1 and Earth 2didn't just automatically start to become different, something had tobreak synchronicity, and those differences would only occur with thetwo planets interaction and then have to domino or butterfly effectfrom there. When she was driving in her car, looking up to see the bluedot in the sky, her double was doing the same thing. But, the otherplanet was not a mirror image, it was a duplicate, so unlike in amirror, where when you raise your right hand you see your reflectionraising its left hand, what she saw was more like looking into arorrim, which is a type of mirror where things are not reversed, so youactually see things as others would be looking at you and seeingthings...the print of a book you are holding up to a rorrim isn'treversed and you can still easily read it, and so on. When the blue dotwas first noticed and the disc jockey was announcing it she looked upinto the sky and her body double was also looking up, but exactly wherethat blue dot was in the sky was different for the two of them. So,given her body double's different positioning of her head, herdifferent angle of viewing, she noticed the other car in time to brakeor swerve and miss it. Similarly, when Dr. Joan Tallis was on live TVmaking live radio contact, at first she thought she was gettingfeedback, because in reply to anything she said, she was hearing theother Joan Tallis who was broadcasting the exact same radio message toher. This was a frustration for her, until something different aboutthe radio waves traveling through space meant that one of them wouldhear something differently, and respond differently, so that instead ofjust saying the same thing to each other at the same time, back andforth, one of them somehow responded differently, "Hello? Hello?" asthey undoubtedly had heard something different, or failed to hearsomething because it was blocked by interference. Then theirsynchronicity was broken enough in that small way for the two of themto actually have a conversation, and undoubtedly, television viewers onEarth 2 might have experienced a small break in synchronicity, as theirJoan Tallis was answering the question about what she bought at thespace store in Cape Canaveral, so the viewers on Earth 2 didn't havetheir Joan Tallis holding up the words "space strawberries," on heryellow pad to possibly provoke the obvious reaction that Rhonda'sbrother on Earth 1 was having. (And obviously, Rhonda 2's brotherdidn't have a sister who went to prison, so very likely in thatfamily's life, along with Rhonda 2's friends at MIT, quite a bit ofsynchronicity had been broken by then.) So, the Rhonda 2 didn't crash,did go to MIT, did study astronomy or astrophysics, which was her areaof interest, and won the contest for other reasons, probably just forbeing a motivated MIT graduate student specializing in space andastronomy. She had nobody to consider giving up her space flight to,since she didn't kill anybody's family. John Burroughs undoubtedlyjoined his family, now having two fathers, only one being slightlybanged up and with minor head injury issues. This was already aquestion in my mind and in other viewers' minds, whether by looking upat the sky at different angles the two Rhondas had broken synchronicityenough to where one of them had swerved and missed hitting the othercar. The final scene didn't raise any questions at all, rather, itquickly and refreshingly answered the really biggest question thatviewers who got it were already asking themselves and wondering about.For me, that final scene was a magical and beautiful moment, but notwonderful at all, as it replied to all the wonder by answering everyquestion and tying-up all the loose ends of the story very well, atleast as far as the story line was dealing with. (Of course to followthe story one had to at least suspend belief enough to not stray fromthe story, wondering about things like whether the two planets would beexperiencing tsunami tides because of their gravitational pulls andsuch, etc.) There was no moral difference between the two Rhondas, it's not thatone of them decided to go the party and drink while the other didn't,they were the same person, they were the same drunk, just one was adrunk trying to look at a blue dot in the sky over here, while theother was a drunk trying to look at a blue dot in the sky over there.Face to face, they should realize that were the same person until then,only one, like most drunk drivers, just didn't end up in an accident bymere chance, just dumb luck and nothing else.I just thought it was a wonderful movie and the final scene answeredthat wonderful with a terrific happy ending. The two Rhonda's certainlyhave a lot of catching up to do, and undoubtedly, John and Rhonda arethe only people who ended up on the same planet as their other selves,and the other shuttle passengers certainly arrived to notice little orno difference with the planet they left, probably feeling more likereturning astronauts than true space explorers. The Rhonda 1 and John 1switch proved to be an additional but major break in synchronicity forthe two Earths.
Michael Thompson (26 April 2012)
This is NOT a Science Fiction Movie.
Please don't read any further if you don't want to know about detailsin this film.I was left very disappointed after watching this film.Another Earth is the discovery of another planet the complete double ofearth, with exactly the same people on it.A short time into this film, we see and hear a woman talking to herexact same self via a radio transmitter. And this for me was the mostinteresting piece in the film.The majority of this film has people walking around, asking themselvesphilosophical questions about what would they do ? and say ? if theymet themselves on this other earth.I like down to earth science fiction. I like Twilight Zone, and OuterLimits.There is a movie with Roy Thinnes of The Invaders fame. The movie iscalled "Journey to the far side of the Sun", and is also about a planetthe double of Earth, on the completely other side of the Sun.I was wondering how the two films would relate ? Another Earth was forme a complete waste of time. The writers could have expanded the storyfrom 90 minutes, and added much more.At the end of the film, a supposed shock ending, the leading ladyplayed by Brit Marling, ( I had never heard of her ), suddenly findsherself confronted by her "other" "Earth" self, who suddenly appearsbehind her, And then the screen goes black, and the credits role.This film had plenty of interesting hype, but delivered nothingsubstantial, and I'm truly surprised at how many people liked it,judging by their reviews.I thought it was rubbish, from start to finish.
sam-693 (26 April 2012)
It's not a new story concept!
The writers and producers have been receiving so much praise for theirimagination and writing talents, that I just had to point out that thisplot line and concept has been mostly seen before in "Journey To TheFar Side of The Sun" (1969). It was originally titled "Doppelganger";and may have even been a made-for-TV movie. In that movie, every actionon one Earth was exactly duplicated and MIRRORED on the other Earth; sowhen an exploratory mission was launched to explore the other planet,they 'returned' in half the expected time. I guess the science fictionand proposed astrophysics were more likely to be accepted in 1969. Iunderstand that "Another Earth" has a different focus and direction,but some mention and credit should be given to the original.
Turfseer (22 April 2012)
First-time Indie director serves up angst-ridden characters, implausible as 'another earth' up in the sky
For all those sci-fi aficionados out there, I don't want to disappointyou but be forewarned that 'Another Earth' might fail to meet yourexpectations. The sad fact is that the film's intriguing premise of amirror image earth appearing in the night's sky, has little to do withthe science fiction flicks you've come to enjoy but much more similarto today's indies, with all the attendant melodrama and angst-riddencharacter machinations.The 'parallel' Earth (herein referred to as Earth2) is not a paralleluniverse but actually a duplicate of our own Earth. All the people arethe same as the people on Earth1 but can change in subtle ways, if theybecome aware of each other's existence (you can confirm this onWikipedia but even they don't provide an explanation for this odd turnof events).The plot is rather simple: Rhoda Williams is an outgoing high schoolstudent, about ready to go off to MIT, when she has one too many drinksand gets into a car accident where a man's wife and child are killed.The man is John Burroughs who ends up in a coma for a few years, whileRhoda is shipped off to jail for vehicular manslaughter. Because she'sa juvenile at the time of the offense, her record is sealed, and themedia is kept in the dark as to her identity. A big problem is thatBrit Marling who plays Rhoda, was around 27 when the film was made, soit's very hard to buy that she's a juvenile (someone under 16). In NYState, the criminal records of 'youthful offenders', kids between theages of 16 and 19, are sealed, but if they're tried as adults, theiridentities are not necessarily kept secret from the media.Equally unlikely is that John has no interest in learning the identityof the youth responsible for the deaths of his wife and child. Hisspecious explanation is that if someone was to reveal this informationto him, he might not be able to control his anger and end up goingberserk, perhaps attacking the offender with deadly force. Equallyimplausible is John's too easy acceptance of Rhoda, who poses as atrainee for a cleaning service and offers a free cleaning job when sheattempts to gain entry to his home, seeking an audience with him. Whenwas the last time someone came by and offered to clean your home forfree?Perhaps the most implausible conceit of 'Another World', is Rhoda'sdecision to bed John, BEFORE confessing that she was responsible forthe accident. Why would Rhoda, who already feels terrible about whathappened, make things worse by deceiving John and going to bed withhim? Or for that matter, how many people who committed such a crime,would attempt to form a relationship with a victim, without tellingthem first? In most cases, a young woman who comes from a loving family(and her parents seemed like decent folks), would have sought out somekind of counsel from her parents. The film's scenarists of course implythat the accident was so devastating to her psyche, that she withdrewto the point where she didn't want anyone's help. So it's even moreunlikely that a young woman, with such a fractured psyche, would havedared to solve the problem all on her own by contacting John.Even more egregious than the overall implausibility of the plot are theshallow characterizations. We learn next to nothing about John, who isonly seen interacting with Rhoda. Perhaps if we saw him interactingwith another character or two, his personality might have seemed a tadbit more interesting. Rhoda is equally dull as she's as angst-ridden asJohnÂyes, we understand that she can't get over the accident, but doessuch a character really make for good drama?Yes there are people out there who will find contentment in a one-notemelodrama, leading up to a protagonist's redemption. Finally, Earth2 isworked into the plot. Rhoda gives up the seat on the spaceship that'sshe won in an internet contest, to John, so he can see his family onEarth2. Problem is that John2 might interfere with his plans to form anew life up there. A myriad of tortured explanations are provided by abevy of internet posters, arguing that the mere sight of his wife andchild on Earth2 will soothe his troubled soul. How pathetic! As forRhoda, contentment comes to her existence when Rhoda2 appears onEarth1, thus confirming that the accident wasn't duplicated in themirror world. Though she never met her 'twin' and has no real bond withher, the mere 'thought' that her double has avoided the fate sheexperienced, is enough to dispel all those dark thoughts that hasparalyzed her soul.Kudos to Writer/Director/Cameraman Cahill for putting this whole thingtogether for about $80,000. Next time, however, it would be wise forMr. Cahill to nix the shaky camera work. This could have ended up as anintriguing Twilight Zone-like episode. Unfortunately, the 'dessert' ispure indie, angst-ridden cinema, with characters as implausible as'another earth', up in the sky.
rayok (22 April 2012)
A Must See Film, Enigmatic and Beguiling
An excellent film a real slow burner that keeps you on tenterhooksright to the very last second. This is an intriguing plot that is keptaloft by the device of asking and answering questions as the storyunfolds. Will she won't she, will he won't he. The plot cul-de-saqslike the hypothermia, his employment status, her days off, the otherlady visitor, the whole other planet thing remain unanswered andunimportant. The emotional journey the characters go through is allimportant.Definitely a film to go see, prepare to be kept in suspense and to haveimagery of it remain with you long after it has finished.A fantastic performance by both leads, Brit Marling is desirable,enigmatic and vulnerable, and certainly a star in the making.
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