Biosphere
IFC Films | Release Date: July 7, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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91
ColliderChase HutchinsonJul 6, 2023
All you need to do is open your mind to its wonders and you may too discover something about yourself along the way. Read full review
81
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganJul 10, 2023
With a script co-written by Eslyn and Duplass, Biosphere retains the distinct brand of organic conversational comedy that’s been present in the duo’s collaborative crossover for the past nearly 15 years. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJul 6, 2023
I can say without hyperbole that there are conversations in this movie that I have never heard before (and refuse to spoil). Better, I can confirm that Brown — the straight man to Duplass’s comic relief — delivers his half with conviction. Read full review
75
The Film StageDan MeccaJul 6, 2023
While Duplass, of course, adds plenty as the primary source of levity, Brown emerges as the standout. This is an actor who can apparently do anything. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeJun 30, 2023
Mel Eslyn’s film is a thoughtful drama about life, gender, and male friendship. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAbhishek SharmaJul 7, 2023
While this funny and humorous study of a post-apocalyptic change excels in exploring some of its more philosophical traits, the substance regarding its core story is not quite there. Yet, this deserves a watch for its comedic rendering of the complex storyline. Read full review
70
Screen RantNadir SamaraJul 7, 2023
Eslyn has full control of every element of the filmmaking process and the team to execute that vision. Fenton's production design fits the film perfectly and every little touch works to build out this world. Duplass and Brown are an unlikely, but deeply successful, duo. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyJul 7, 2023
Ultimately the performers are winning enough, and the ideas in the ambiguous story intriguing enough, to achieve an end result of successful middleweight charm and substance. Read full review
67
Original-CinChris KnightJul 7, 2023
It’s still not bad, and its pacing works surprisingly well given its paucity of plot. Fans of the actors, or of low-key, high-concept sci-fi, should be pleasantly surprised. For others, mere surprise may be all that awaits. Read full review
67
IndieWireEmma StefanskyFeb 6, 2023
Biosphere is tons of fun as a character study, but its ideas will leave you gazing out of its geodesic windows, wishing there was something more out there. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 6, 2023
These neat little notes are dropped like so many breadcrumbs along the trail and offer some clever hints about the larger storyline, but that brings us to where Biosphere falls short: The Big Picture it is painting remains a bit too fuzzy and frustratingly ambiguous to the end. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJul 6, 2023
All the elements are there — writing, performance, themes — but there’s not enough plot to sustain a nearly two-hour feature, and as the situation escalates, it becomes clear that they don’t quite know where or how to end things, and it lands with a thud. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJul 3, 2023
Biosphere, though sometimes larky in tone, is also a frowningly intense venture that never stops being about itself. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJul 5, 2023
Written by Mark Duplass and first-time feature director and veteran producer Mel Eslyn (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, The One I Love), there's no doubt that Biosphere is filled with ideas, and they're given easy life by Brown and Duplass. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 29, 2023
I think most of us inclined to go see it will be doing all its heavy lifting for it, as what’s here feels slight, incomplete and not nearly as funny, cute and deep as these folks seem to believe. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJul 7, 2023
Rather than dig into what’s specifically changing about their relationship, Duplass and Eslyn focus on armchair psychology and black-box speeches to explain away what’s really going on with these two men. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 6, 2023
This film never had any business being stretched into a feature, much less one running 106 minutes. At that length, Biosphere is soporific and repetitive and puts viewers in the position of always being two steps ahead of it. Read full review
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