I Origins (2014)
Ian Gray was a young eye doctor. He was fond of the eyes because according to him there was no one having the same eys as the others. All were unique and he had a collection of high-quality photo eyes of many thousands of different people. Ian, Karen and Kenny were pursuing a very daring project: finding original cell regulating that the animals had eyes or not, to hybridizate the earthworm which had eyes.
21 December 1983, Seoul, South Korea
7 October 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 April 1965, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
31 May 1972, Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
15 May 1969, Gary, Indiana, USA
31 January 1939, Manchester, England, UK
10 April 1981, West Orange, New Jersey, USA
26 May 1986, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
2 September 1947, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
7 August 1982, Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 16, 2016
Sceptical scientist Michael Pitt falls in love with spacey new age model Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, attracted by her dazzling dichromatic eyes [and] the tussle between rationalism and mysticism takes turns that are both unexpected and thought provoking.
July 31, 2014
Humanistic sci-fi from director Mike Cahill, insofar as it sympathizes with the human longings for both understanding and transcendent mystery.
July 25, 2014
Although the film and the actors keep on looking good, this solemn, soppy, fantasy has nothing to say about science or faith.
October 06, 2014
When it shifts away from the relationship, it really starts to feel forced. You can feel Cahill's hand leading you down the path toward another "discovery," and you can only hope the end will justify the means. Put simply, it doesn't.
June 21, 2016
I Origins tries desperately to imbue a deeper metaphysical meaning with its narrative, but the alignment of all its concepts come off as disjointed and pretentious.
August 08, 2014
Cahill spends the entire film bringing a sense of wonder to the desperately rational Ian, and if the film takes on a glow toward the end, that glow feels well-earned.
July 31, 2014
I Origins challenges too little and ties up things too neatly for it to register as anything more than well-made, well-intentioned hogwash.
June 14, 2016
As of yet, we have no science on reincarnation, but the science fiction is definitely getting warmer.
October 03, 2014
Though not every element of the grander mystery story works, there's plenty here to keep you thinking.
July 25, 2014
With a slew of seemingly random clues unraveling in the pursuit of scientific mystery, Origins becomes gut-punching marvel.
October 03, 2014
Shame then that it lets itself down with some iffy dialogue and a slightly anticlimactic ending.
July 27, 2014
Big ideas can sometimes lead to great motion pictures or, as in the case of I Origins, colossal misfires.
