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This movie tries to be so artistly highbrow and fails miserably. The writer was being too intellectual for their own good, making a move with way too many inferences that just aren't supported, either by the script or the presentation. It appears the actors tried to make this work, but the rest of the movie did not support this. The directing/scene setups were just not there. The camera work was barely better than amateurish. I am assuming the bare scenes were an attempt to continue with this eerie, academic, mood of the movie, but that failed also. And all the flash backs and scene jumps just make for a disjointed movie that is incredibly hard to follow and enjoy. I can't give a 1 star as it appears there was effort here, but so poorly focused a 2 is the best I can give.

Some movies, even low budget, poorly executed movies like this one, get through to you because they just happen to say something meaningful when you least expect it. The bright spot here is the subtle love story carried almost entirely by the main character's fiance, Robin, played by Darcy Doyle.

The main plot of the movie, about an astronaut following in the footsteps of his astronaut father who was lost on a mission to a wormhole near Saturn, isn't compelling or even interesting. But it's the longing and loneliness of the fiancé, Robin, he leaves behind, played well by Doyle, that makes an impact. There's a compelling scene where she speaks into a recorder, one she uses regularly to leave her astronaut finance Matthew messages as a type of loneliness therapy, as she tries to say goodbye to him so she can move on with her life.

Matthew's character is one dimensional. But the idea of him pursuing his ambitions only to realize he left the only one that matters behind is something that rang true. But only because Doyle's character seems authentic. She single-handedly manages to carry that message throughout this otherwise pointless, low budget muddled mess. It was easy to imagine chosing to stay with her if faced with the same choice. There was something about her character that made sitting through this movie possible.