With about a half dozen actors/actresses and all shot inside and outside a little cottage, this is an interesting and thoughtful movie.
If "science fiction" to you means spaceship dogfights and laser-swords (which is more properly "science fantasy") then you won't get this film. This is a film about ideas, one main one, and the impact that discovering something that breaks all your deepest held beliefs has on people. We the audience, just like the characters in the film, are caught in the grip of a tale that seems too challenging to be true.. and too wonderful to *not* be real.
The writing and acting is top notch and makes this movie, which could have easily been a stage play, gripping throughout. It has a small twist to its ending... just enough to surprise and delight the viewer and put a nice "cap" on this very thoughtful musing.
I should add that this film was well researched, including many current historical theories and melding them together into one compelling narrative.
If you get bored in movies without fast cuts and things blowing up, again, this movie isn't for you. But if you like to play with ideas and are a student of human behavior, don't miss a chance to see it.
Afterword: In an ironic twist to a movie about what happens when people's cherished or well held belies are challenged, reading many of the negative reviews here will show you exactly what the movie is exploring in real life.
If "science fiction" to you means spaceship dogfights and laser-swords (which is more properly "science fantasy") then you won't get this film. This is a film about ideas, one main one, and the impact that discovering something that breaks all your deepest held beliefs has on people. We the audience, just like the characters in the film, are caught in the grip of a tale that seems too challenging to be true.. and too wonderful to *not* be real.
The writing and acting is top notch and makes this movie, which could have easily been a stage play, gripping throughout. It has a small twist to its ending... just enough to surprise and delight the viewer and put a nice "cap" on this very thoughtful musing.
I should add that this film was well researched, including many current historical theories and melding them together into one compelling narrative.
If you get bored in movies without fast cuts and things blowing up, again, this movie isn't for you. But if you like to play with ideas and are a student of human behavior, don't miss a chance to see it.
Afterword: In an ironic twist to a movie about what happens when people's cherished or well held belies are challenged, reading many of the negative reviews here will show you exactly what the movie is exploring in real life.