In the Blink of an Eye

Name: In the Blink of an Eye
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: February 27, 2026
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 37

2026

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Searchlight Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): February 27, 2026 | PG-13

Summary: Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life.

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 94 min

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Drew Taylor

Jan 29, 2026

The movie’s big-heartedness is what makes it so essential and, potentially, to those not enamored by its oddball charms, so cloying. But given the state of the world, with each new day bleaker than the last, a movie that is this unabashedly sweet is something that should be treasured, protected and celebrated, not frowned upon. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jan 29, 2026

While it looks beautiful, and Thomas Newman’s score does a lot of heavy lifting given the lack of dialogue, there needed to be more actual storytelling beyond a few key beats of new life and tragic death. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Feb 26, 2026

In the Blink of an Eye proves yet again that Stanton is a dreamer, with an unshakeable faith in humanity. That’s not nothing. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jan 30, 2026

It feels hurried, generalized, inattentive. There’s no specificity, no immersive sense of people actually living their lives. Again, that’s probably partly intentional. But it sure feels like a miscalculation for a movie about the survival of humanity to have so little humanity in it. Read full review

The Guardian Adrian Horton

Feb 25, 2026

Written by Colby Day, In the Blink of an Eye attempts no less than the sweep of life from big bang to unknown verdant planets, with the emotional depth of a tide pool and the complexity of a cave painting. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 27, 2026

A far cry from [Stanton’s] Pixar gems Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which have infinitely more to say about the human condition than this schematic and bathetic bowl of chicken soup for the soul. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 29, 2026

The only meaningful connection made over the course of the movie is the one between its actors, whose inability to salvage their material does more to braid them together than any of the machinations of Day’s script. Read full review

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