IO
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 18, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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60
The GuardianAdrian HortonJan 18, 2019
Too measured and sedate for a post-apocalyptic thriller, yet too barren for a Christopher Nolan-style space and time travel epic, IO appears most akin to The Martian in that it focuses primarily on one person’s grit and resourcefulness to endure and grow plants in an unforgiving place. Read full review
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IGNKenneth Seward Jr.Jan 18, 2019
IO provides a different take on a familiar premise. The story is intimate in nature, with a plot that highlights the importance of relationships – not just between partners or family members, but relationships in general. Its pacing and lack of urgency betrays the drama though. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comNick AllenJan 18, 2019
Broad themes like staunch hope, and vital human connection, become cheap sentiments, vanishing into air. “IO” isn’t science fiction storytelling distilled so much as it is vaporized. Read full review
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The New York TimesScott TobiasJan 24, 2019
The dynamic between Sam and Micah shifts the film into romantic melodrama, as lifeless and as chaste as the windswept apocalypse that surrounds them. Read full review
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ConsequenceBlake GobleJan 20, 2019
IO is dull, it drags, and it’ll beg the question: When will this, all of this, be over? Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichJan 21, 2019
There's barely a scene in IO that's performed with pulse or verve. It's Sad-Face Emoji Sci-Fi, with po-faced references to Greek mythology, Chopin and T.S. Eliot, among others, and empirical techno-jargon spoken at a Valley Girl level of credibility. Read full review
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