I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.
Although the film and the actors keep on looking good, this solemn, soppy, fantasy has nothing to say about science or faith.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
25 Jul 2014
fresh:
With a slew of seemingly random clues unraveling in the pursuit of scientific mystery, Origins becomes gut-punching marvel.
– Sean Fitz-Gerald,
Denver Post,
25 Jul 2014
rotten:
Big ideas can sometimes lead to great motion pictures or, as in the case of I Origins, colossal misfires.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
27 Jul 2014
rotten:
I Origins challenges too little and ties up things too neatly for it to register as anything more than well-made, well-intentioned hogwash.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
31 Jul 2014
fresh:
Cahill spends the entire film bringing a sense of wonder to the desperately rational Ian, and if the film takes on a glow toward the end, that glow feels well-earned.