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Science fiction drama about the discovery of a duplicate Earth and its impact on a bright young woman and a brilliant composer, whose lives become irrevocably intertwined by tragedy. Cast:William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint BeverageDirector:Mike CahillRelease Date:July 22, 2011DVD Release:November 29, 2011From:Fox SearchlightRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 32 min
Another Earth played in key cities to good reviews that at the same time were mixed. • Mary Pols wrote in Time, "...a metaphysical treat... the most soulful art movie of the summer.... People who don't particularly like sci-fi shouldn't stay away from 'Another Earth.' " • And Rene Rodriguez wrote in the Miami Herald, "...a dull and unconvincing tale about second chances..." More Reviews Below...
Another Earth Positive Reviews (43 Reviews, reviews below)
Mary Pols, Time: EXCELLENT "...a metaphysical treat... the most soulful art movie of the summer.... People who don't particularly like sci-fi shouldn't stay away from 'Another Earth.' "(See all of Mary Pols's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 604 words, 07/22/11
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: VERY GOOD(cg) "Brit Marling and William Mapother are so good together in their understated way, they make you wish 'Another Earth' had trusted itself enough to leave more unspoken."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 682 words, 07/21/11
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "How on earth did this arty dud win the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance? It's one of those stultifying aftermath-of-a-car-crash movies..."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 100 words, 07/22/11
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: VERY GOOD(cg) "Brit Marling, who wrote the artful script with director Mike Cahill, is a talent to watch. She and Cahill have crafted a mesmerizing mind-bender to haunt your dreams."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 111 words, 07/22/11
Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...one of the most low-tech, scaled-down and engrossing sci-fi movies ever... deeply emotional, probing the mysteries of life and death from within and without."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 507 words, 07/22/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a meditation on the infinite possible variations that a human life can take.... encourages us to reflect on how arbitrary our destinies are."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 737 words, 07/29/11
James Rocchi, MSN Movies: VERY GOOD(cg) "...has the grace and power of life as we know it.... the score -- credited to a group called Fall on Your Sword -- pulses under everything with sinister beauty."(See all of James Rocchi's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 830 words, 07/19/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (13 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Modestly scaled and quiet... the idea that there's another, better life someplace else is the very human conviction that keeps things looking up and down to earth."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 723 words, 07/22/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Though it dazzles with big ideas and a fetching lead, don't look too closely at this Sundance-anointed indie.... its bold self-assurance remains unearned."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 07/22/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: EXCELLENT "...quietly and movingly out of this world.... Everything is nicely knitted together with the help of an airy score from indie rock band Fall on Your Sword."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 747 words, 07/22/11
John Anderson, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD(cg) "The alternate world's existence is an inspired invention, as well as a metaphor that develops as the movie makes its way toward heartbreak, or exhilaration..."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 285 words, 08/05/11
Logan Hill, New York Magazine: FAIR "...stuffed full with ambitious ideas that never take flight. It's far too contrived to work as a tragedy, and too thin as a piece of intellectual inquest."(See all of Logan Hill's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 357 words, 07/22/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a meditation on the infinite possible variations that a human life can take.... encourages us to reflect on how arbitrary our destinies are."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 737 words, 07/29/11
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...it becomes clear that Marling's primary -- if potentially unconscious -- subject is the politics and mechanics of beauty as a tool of manipulation."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 778 words, 07/20/11
Dave McGinn, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the metaphysics function as a metaphor in what's an affecting - if slow-moving - drama about having to live with the choices we make and our need to find redemption."(See all of Dave McGinn's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 680 words, 07/29/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...the whole point of Mike Cahill's evocative sci-fi feature is its existential gimmick: if there were an exact duplicate of our world, what would you give to go there?"(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 165 words, 07/28/11
KEY CITIES (14 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE(cg) "If the two planets are mirrors of each other, what's the point of trading the pain and anguish of this life for the anguish and pain of another somewhere else?"(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 749 words, 07/29/11
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD(cg) "...has heft - emotionally, intellectually. Like the image of the Earth floating out there, pasted to the heavens, this fine film stays with you, follows you home."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 398 words, 07/29/11
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD(cg) "...wildly improbable... has a contemplative and melancholy air that makes you ponder the questions it poses even if you dismiss the gimmick that it poses them in."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 543 words, 08/08/11
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT(cg) "...features fearless probing of psychic wounds and a subtle twist of an ending that's fully satisfying yet which leaves you wondering about the next moment, and the next."(See all of Kerry Lengel's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 506 words, 08/05/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...winds its way to a pretty good twist and an even better final image, suggesting that to err is human and to forgive is out of this Earth."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 582 words, 07/29/11
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: MODERATE(cg) "Some people are likely to look at all this and say the film is only mirroring some altered consciousness. 'Dreamy,' they'll call it. Sleepy is more like it."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 495 words, 07/22/11
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "In its most touching moments, the film achieves a kind of sad and waltzing rhythm all its own. In its least, it's precious and plodding..."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 07/29/11
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...beautifully shot (every scene is a perfectly composed picture, with dust flying gently in the light) and poignantly performed.... a film that brims with talent and ideas..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 417 words, 08/05/11
Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian: WEAK(cg) "...exasperating.... it desperately wants to say something profound about forgiveness and regret. But in the telling, it's not much more than pretty, pretentious junk."(See all of Mike Russell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 588 words, 08/05/11
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "...one of those phony movies in which a character burrows into someone else's life without telling them she's an axe murderer, a man or a vampire."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 312 words, 08/12/11
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE(cg) "...a dull and unconvincing tale about second chances, with a half-baked streak of sci-fi that serves only to provide the screenwriters with a way out..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 404 words, 08/12/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (8 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...it becomes clear that Marling's primary -- if potentially unconscious -- subject is the politics and mechanics of beauty as a tool of manipulation."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 778 words, 07/20/11
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Cahill and Marling demonstrate a knack for detail and twisted psychology, and had they been satisfied with one planet this might have been a more impressive effort."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 156 words, 07/28/11
S.T. VanAirsdale, Movieline: MODERATE(cg) "Narrated interludes detail the theoretical underpinnings of this fucked-up paradigm, which really is little more than 'Sliding Doors' for the Sundance/sci-fi set."(See all of S.T. VanAirsdale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 868 words, 07/21/11
Jesse Cataldo, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...admirably small, content to thrash out a short story-sized plot in an era where indies often feel pressured to play beyond their means.... a resolutely small parable of grief..."(See all of Jesse Cataldo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 526 words, 07/18/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...the whole point of Mike Cahill's evocative sci-fi feature is its existential gimmick: if there were an exact duplicate of our world, what would you give to go there?"(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 165 words, 07/28/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: VERY GOOD "...exerts a gravitational pull out of proportion to its size through powerful performances, a lyrical spirit, arresting images and a depth of conviction that sweeps logic aside."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 580 words, 07/22/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Modestly scaled and quiet... the idea that there's another, better life someplace else is the very human conviction that keeps things looking up and down to earth."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 723 words, 07/22/11
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: GOOD "...the result comes across not as a vanity project but as a sobering study of the thoroughly dazed and confused, with a mind-ripping final shot."(See all of Anthony Lane's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 356 words, 08/01/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...quietly and movingly out of this world.... Everything is nicely knitted together with the help of an airy score from indie rock band Fall on Your Sword."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 747 words, 07/22/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "...offers a jagged and distinctive vision. Cosmic yet intimate.... Flirting with the idea that anything is possible in a parallel universe, even second chances."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 691 words, 01/26/11
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...quietly and movingly out of this world.... Everything is nicely knitted together with the help of an airy score from indie rock band Fall on Your Sword."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 747 words, 07/22/11
Patrick Z. McGavin, Cinema 24/7: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a fascinating science fiction-inflected fantasia.... haunting and atmospheric in the manner it gathers and takes hold in the imagination."(See all of Patrick Z. McGavin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 940 words, 01/31/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Modestly scaled and quiet... the idea that there's another, better life someplace else is the very human conviction that keeps things looking up and down to earth."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 723 words, 07/22/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: VERY GOOD "...exerts a gravitational pull out of proportion to its size through powerful performances, a lyrical spirit, arresting images and a depth of conviction that sweeps logic aside."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 580 words, 07/22/11
22.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Another Earth's reviews are separated by an average 22.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Another Earth's reviews cover 75.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 21,704 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 505 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Another Earth Coverage, Volume & Length (43 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 0.9 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Another Earth's reviews on average broke 0.9 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Another Earth's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Another Earth (43 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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