The Last Earth Girl

And I don't mean to sound mean when I say surprisingly, but I've came across more than one indie film out there that I couldn't finish. This one however, has been added to my "buy on Blu-Ray" list as soon as it's available.

I started the film without knowing anything about it because of a recommendation of a friend of mine who stumbled across it and I can't thank her enough. This female led, sci-fi drama kept my attention from the very beginning and didn't let me down. The existential themes of the film really stood out to me as well and I appreciated how much time the film spent on them and the characters going through them instead of just rushing from explosion to explosion.

I would highly recommend this to fans of slower sci-fi films and dramas. Similar movies to this might be the 2002 remake of Solaris or the film End of the World, but only because of the smaller setting.

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 world is ending and with only a few years left, what will you do? That's the plot of The Last Earth Girl and following the story of a woman trapped alone in a tiny spaceship soaring away from the Earth, we learn the story behind her.

I'm a fan of dark films and stories, and this hits home among the best of them. But what pulls it across the finish line for me is the enduring theme of perseverance and continuing on despite the entire world ending. Which definitely seems like a good lesson for this year.

Would highly recommend to fans of dark, brooding, storytelling.

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!

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!