On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
I was hoping that everyone involved would get hit by an asteroid.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
12 Aug 2011
rotten:
Ambitious but ridiculous.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug 2011
rotten:
In emphasizing poetry over plot, mood over mechanics, Another Earth fails to answer the most pressing question of all: Umm, why haven't the tides been affected?
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
12 Aug 2011
fresh:
The result is an alluring image -- Earth above Earth -- a wrenching story and a wonder-tinged film.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
12 Aug 2011
fresh:
Cahill's visually inconsistent first feature tries to beam epic sci-fi concepts into a micro-human drama, refracting its thought-provoking ideas through the prism of the central emotional relationship.