Plot
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 7.0/10 (17,274 voted)
Critic's Score: 66/100
Director:
Mike Cahill
Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Storyline On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Writers: Brit Marling, Mike Cahill
Cast: William Mapother
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John Burroughs
Brit Marling
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Rhoda Williams
Matthew-Lee Erlbach
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Alex
DJ Flava
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Himself
Meggan Lennon
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Maya Burroughs
AJ Diana
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John's Son
Bruce Colbert
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Symposium Speaker
Paul Mezey
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Symposium Speaker
Ana Valle
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Symposium Speaker
Jeffrey Goldenberg
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Symposium Speaker
Joseph A. Bove
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Symposium Speaker
(as Joseph Bove)
Jordan Baker
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Kim Williams
Flint Beverage
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Robert Williams
Robin Taylor
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Jeff Williams
(as Robin Lord Taylor)
Rupert Reid
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Keith Harding
Opening Weekend: $77,740
(USA)
(24 July 2011)
(4 Screens)
Gross: $1,316,074
(USA)
(2 October 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Rhoda speaks with United Space Ventures CEO Keith Harding, Harding makes an off-beat comment that his headmaster once told him "you will either become a millionaire or go to jail". This is a reference to Richard Branson, who was told the same thing by his headmaster at school and also owns a pioneering civilian space travel company.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
After the car accident, we see a hole in the windscreen and John's son laying a few meters away from the car wreck, suggesting the impact had caused him to be thrown through the windscreen onto the street. In a flashback later in the film, we can clearly see that John's son is wearing a seat belt immediately prior to impact, which would have prevented him from being thrown through the windscreen as a result of the accident.
Quotes: Rhoda Williams:
Maybe they're up there. Maybe not. Maybe.
User Review
Suspend disbelief, and love this movie
Rating: 9/10
I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who can tell a hawk from a
handsaw, and there is a wonderful handsaw in this movie. So, I feel
qualified to tell you it is safe to see this movie as it is, without
worrying about details like gravity. Do not allow unimaginative
naysayers to keep you from enjoying this gem. I mean, we all can enjoy
vampire and zombie movies, right? Is any movie any better than "Let the
Right One In"? I saw this movie last night in Brookline Mass at a Q&A
preview, with director, writers, and an actor -- all combined in two
lovely people. No one in our sophisticated audience that included a
CETI scientist cared enough about the "laws of physics" problems to
mention them in the question period. All we cared about were the
endearing characters, the music both acoustic and visual, the plot
developments, the shocking climaxes, the compelling emotional
plausibility.
The movie is not about anything as terrestrial as gravity. In the world
of this movie, something has happened to upset some kind of cosmic
symmetry, and the other earth has appeared from a parallel universe. I
do wish some character or other had dispelled the physics with "I don't
know why our orbits are not affected". But, the metaphor works as a way
to discuss looking at oneself. It really does not matter. The acting is
perfect, the camera-work perfectly beautiful, the plot deeply affecting
with wonderful surprises.
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