Rating of
4/4
Extraordinary movie
Zeljka - wrote on 04/28/12
The sci-fi element in this movie, of having another Earth around, was just a subplot to the story in the focus -- about two people whose lives one horrid accident changed forever -- but that masterfully offered a twist at the end, otherwise not even thinkable. What if there was a chance to change the past? To redeem yourself for things you didn't want to happen but did and therefore have to bear the consequences? This was really extraordinary movie - I really sympathised with Brit Marling character, Rhoda, but couldn't also help myself thinking how impossible her wish was because I felt just the same for Mapother's Burroughs. The forgiveness is one thing really hard to ask in these cases, even when asked from your loved ones. I watched the movie in the expectation of seeing somebody terribly hurt, because that relationship was simply doomed from the start. But, as said before, having another Earth around gave our characters another chance, to give their lives another direction. The ending was ambiguous, but to be honest, that didn't matter to me, as what did matter to me, were the decisions our protagonists made to redeem and forgive themselves. If I felt comfort in what they chose to do, that's enough. I do not need to know did it result accordingly to their wishes, because that was anyway one step further to repair the damage they've done to themselves. Maybe it's better we do not get the conclusive answer to that.
