The Last Earth Girl

Watched this with my husband over the weekend and we both really enjoyed it. It came recommended to us by a friend of his as a different kind of indie film that really stood out to him and I completely agree.

The lead actress did a great job in the piece as well as several of the supporting actors. My favorites were probably the space center lead guy and also the older guy who questioned her about what she was doing. And I'll admit, I was surprised at the plot of the film at first, but then began to understand exactly what it was attempting and really got into it.

My only criticisms were that I feel the filmmaker tried to take on a larger project than they could handle and I wish they had perhaps a bigger budget to try and pull something like this off, but none-the-less, I enjoyed it very much!

Similar to other character based, sci-fi films that I've seen, The Last Earth Girl focuses not so much on the hard science or strict sci-fi but merely uses them as a backdrop for the film to help tell the story of a young woman alone at the end of the world.

The film is also rife with homages to earlier sci-fi films such as the main girl's uniform which brings to mind Sam Bell's uniform in Moon and I also appreciate the literary references to Sisyphus.

By far though, the greatest strength of the film has to be the depth to which the story focuses on the inner struggles of the main character and the value of them. Going so far as to have her inner voice become vocal, mocking and questioning her along the way. And this stoic philosophy is elevated even more with the help of some of the minor characters in the film such as the older space center worker.

Falling a bit short for me though, was some of the pacing and slow camera work used to tell the story. Perhaps a more fluid approach and more movement could have added more life to it for me. All in all though, a decent film.

The film starts out with the main character soaring away from the earth in a tiny space ship and stays with her for the whole film, but through her, we learn who she is, what is happening, and why she is in the ship. And this small approach to an end of the world film, told by the sole survivor, is really what hooked me on the film.

Love the female lead character and how it is mainly told from her point of view and also love how the show doesn't rely on men to fix everything for her. She sets out on her own, decides what she must do, and stops at nothing to get there.

My favorite part of the film has to be the voice that she hears inside the ship and how even she is questioning her own choices, sort of.

My only criticisms of the film would be the smaller budget the film had as I felt they maybe tried to pull off too much and some of the scenes suffered for it. But points for trying in the first place. I also didn't care much for the sort of break in the film where the main character sings. I mean, it didn't feel out of place or anything, but maybe skipping that would have sped things along a bit.

7 out of 10 stars though and I would recommend it to people who like slower more down to earth (no pun intended) sci-fi films and FEMALE LED films!

The film feel like a dream and kept my attention throughout. The best part for me was the main character and her family interaction. The scene with her sisters and the car was really nice and I was sad afterwards. So many time we take for granted those we love and we need to learn to value the moment we have together.

The film may have started out slow, but the pacing was well worth it as the story unfolded to show a world enveloped in dread of the coming apocalypse. And that sense of cosmic horror really helped sell the desperation of the main character to me. I also wasn't sure if I would be able to get into the film because of the religious aspects but soon realized that this isn't a religious film but a philosophical film that questions the ideas and concepts of God. Would highly recommend.