Meanwhile on Earth

Name: Meanwhile on Earth
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: November 8, 2024
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 67

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Metrograph Pictures | Release Date: November 8, 2024 | R

Summary: Elsa (Megan Northam), along with her family, is struggling following the disappearance of her brother Franck, an astronaut who vanished during his first mission. While stargazing one night, Elsa is shocked to receive contact from Franck, but her joy is short-lived when she learns of the dark and troubling forces behind Franck’sElsa (Megan Northam), along with her family, is struggling following the disappearance of her brother Franck, an astronaut who vanished during his first mission. While stargazing one night, Elsa is shocked to receive contact from Franck, but her joy is short-lived when she learns of the dark and troubling forces behind Franck’s reappearance, forcing her to confront the lengths she will go for the brother she once feared was gone forever.… Expand

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

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Jim Vorel

Nov 4, 2024

Ultimately, the ambiguousness of the conclusion can’t really dim the engrossing and nigh-mystical sense of enrapturement that Meanwhile on Earth can project when it’s really firing on all cylinders. Read full review

Nikki Baughan

Jul 17, 2024

Like I Lost My Body, Meanwhile On Earth is a moving elegy on the power of grief, and the lengths to which we are driven in order to feel whole. While it may not have quite the same visceral impact as Clapin’s animation, and culminates in a soft, somewhat-obvious ending, it nevertheless leaves its own mark. Read full review

The Guardian Catherine Bray

Aug 20, 2025

It uses its supernatural premise to explore some very human behaviour. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Nov 7, 2024

Small and strange, Meanwhile on Earth seduces with its soft, barren beauty (the chilled cinematography is by Robrecht Heyvaert) and Dan Levy’s surreal score. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jul 23, 2024

Northam is very good in the lead role. Read full review

Screen Rant Abigail Stevens

Nov 7, 2024

Meanwhile on Earth is an odd blend of genres that distracts from its arguments, even though the unresolved ending isn't really the problem. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jul 17, 2024

If the film teeters unsteadily between sci-fi and psychology, it nonetheless confirms Clapin’s visual talents, which are backed by a dreamy score from Dan Levy, who also scored I Lost My Body. In its best moments, Meanwhile on Earth takes us beyond our desolate everyday lives to a place we can indeed dream of — and also witness on screen. Read full review

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