The New Zealand International Film Festival 2011 has been in town the last 2 weeks, and I've never been before, so I decided to see "Another Earth". I'd watched the trailer through a friend's page on Facebook and it looked decent, with an interesting premise. See it for yourself:
Contrary to what you might expect from watching the trailer, this is no sci-fi movie. As you might have noticed from the lack of action and explosions, it's certainly no War of the Worlds. "Another Earth" is really a deeply personal story about love, loss, remorse and reconciliation, following a straight course at a very measured pace.
This is definitely the sort of movie that shouldn't be described or explained in any detail before watching. It was very satisfying to just sit back and let it all unfold, without knowing what the ending might be.
The direction, production and acting were all excellent, and very refreshing after years of watching mainly Hollywood movies. Some things that stood out to me were: the indie-style title sequence, the musical saw scene, and Brit Marling's strong performance as the lead character.
I wanted to see more of the other Earth, but nevertheless I think the way they handled the story was spot-on, and the ending was a little unexpected.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this movie to other people. It's very serious, but not in a depressing way, and raises some philosophical questions about the characters' actions and what might happen if we looked up one day and really saw a new planet in the sky.
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