Letterboxd — Your life in film

First impression: in the same vein as the Coens' comedic masterpiece BURN AFTER READING, though perhaps a less controlled effort than usual (which may well be intentional). Definitely needs a second viewing.

A spiritual successor to WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Alison Brie has never been better, and that's saying something.

To be fair to Geoff, ukulele players are the absolute worst.

How is it that a 2+ hour blockbuster on interstellar survival is also one of the simplest movies of the year? While I think most of the film's goodwill stems from what it isn't (a philosophy-waxing meditation on human existence and its meaning to an uncaring universe, à la Gravity or Interstellar) than what it is (a straightforward, optimistic survivalist narrative on the indomitable nature of the human spirit), that never diminishes the satisfactions gained by watching a simple, likable astronaut use ingenuity and tenacity to find the means to inhabit an inhabitable foreign planet.

The rare fetish film that refuses to fetishize. Most beautiful in its unromantic depictions of romance, but there's a notion of dread prevalent throughout the film, captured in abstract imagery and sounds but seemingly at odds with its narrative universe. What's there to be afraid of?