Very impressive

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2018)

What do you do when you have a few hours to spare and flop into an armchair? Yeah, watch a film - oh, let's try this one. Never heard of it, let's give it a go.
Sheesh, what a lovely film.
Not really a fan of sci-fi, only vaguely heard of the actors - except the brilliant Michael Sheen - I wasn't expecting much, but this film crawled slowly into my soul. The appalling dilemmas, the loneliness, the fight for survival and, of course, the love story. This is everything that terrible term 'chicflic' isn't and yet that's what it becomes; finishing with the philosophical conundrum - do we yearn for the future or live for the present?
The acting by the tiny cast is exemplary; understated and underplayed, the script is sparse and wonderful and, of course, the special effects are brilliant - never overwhelming the story. It's a film that would make a great stage play despite having galaxies as your backdrop, an intimate drama about people, their wishes and desires.
Highly recommended.