pontram

David Vyle Levi works in the art department where he obviously shines, luckily as a director/writer this is his only work, and hopefully it stays that way...as it did for the last 11 years. Let's be honest, this is not what it wants to be. Props, costumes, Fx and camera are ok, but that's it, story and dialogues are barely bearable, full of cliché of the early 2000s or 1990s. Acting is as good as direction and script allow. As a first episode of a SciFi-show it could somehow pass, if the show then gets a massive upgrade in storytelling and direction. But it did never happen, and where this maybe unjust with several other pilots, here it's not. Sorry to sound harsh, I appreciate the hard work and efforts and money spent, but it cannot be always lead to a masterwork.

Storyline, writing, directing, acting, scene, photography, effects, wardrobe.... The perfect mix of all components together in one surprising gem of a production.

Yes, I took the main sentence of one of the 1-star reviews here and modified it to what pretty much sums up the impression I had from this movie.

It is, in my opinion, a rare case, where an unexpected watch led me to a wonderful experience.

Whoever may have expected some Bruce Willis movie clearly didn't read the synopsis. It's a light-hearted, well-played, well-written little comedy about a little family that settles in a small town, only to learn that this town will be the impact center of an approaching asteroid.

And though there isn't real drama or any action, the movie kept me sitting through to the end.

I wanted to give it 7 stars, but for upping it a little, i gave 8.

And I ask my self, why good movies off the mainstream get low ratings.