Another Earth
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 22, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJul 31, 2011
Marling is the star, and the core of the film's concern. She also co-wrote it with the director, Mike Cahill, yet the result comes across not as a vanity project but as a sobering study of the thoroughly dazed and confused, with a mind-ripping final shot. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 21, 2011
A coming-of-adulthood story that improbably blends a plaintive drama with romantic longing and far-out science fiction. Read full review
55
MovielineS.T. VanairsdaleJul 21, 2011
Ultimately just another less-accomplished entry in the booming cinema of catharsis, your average gorgeous-teen-astrophysicist-meets-schlubby-bereft-composer-whose-family-she-wiped-out-in-a-drunk-driving-accident-on-the-night-they-discovered-another-planet tale. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsAug 12, 2011
This is another one of those phony movies in which a character burrows into someone else's life without telling them she's an axe murderer, a man or a vampire. Not only that, we're supposed to hope that they get it on. I was hoping that everyone involved would get hit by an asteroid. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 4, 2011
As large as Earth Two looms - literally - in the frames of Mike Cahill's film, so do its implications. It's one big, honking metaphor, as much as a special effect. As a symbol of second chances, it's as intriguing as it is frustratingly obvious. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliJul 28, 2011
In its most touching moments, the film achieves a kind of sad and waltzing rhythm all its own. In its least, it's precious and plodding; the metaphoric link between grief and housework drags like a mop on a bathroom floor. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickJul 22, 2011
Even with a clever final twist straight out of "The Twilight Zone," this crummy-looking two-hander is a tough sit. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAug 6, 2011
Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale. Read full review
40
Village VoiceKarina LongworthJul 19, 2011
Unable to organically incorporate their Big Ideas into the narrative, the filmmakers lazily lay them on top, leaving the exposition of Another Earth's structuring fantasy to a blanket of background voiceover. Read full review
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