Everything Beautiful Is Far Away

My wife and I liked this movie a lot. It's a little slow-moving, but far from boring. The plot requires some obvious suspension of disbelief, but not too much to enjoy the film. The main characters are bit different, but endearing and not caricatures.

If you think science fiction movies require massive explosions, space ships and special effects then you'll be disappointed. But this movie is well written, well acted, well photographed and well worth your time to watch!

I came across this movie on HULU streaming, the description made it sound interesting.

In fact it is very interesting and the two leads are pretty good. They don't explain much but judging on some of the dialog and the strange plant species they encounter, trying to find nourishment, seems like they must be on a planet that is not Earth.

Julia Garner is Rola and she is wandering through the vast desert. When Joseph Cross as Lernert comes across her she seems near death with white foam at her lips. He realizes she has eaten a poisonous bulb that resembles an edible one, he gives her something which saves her.

Each of them is wandering through the desert, and he is searching for a mysterious lake. He is also carrying an intelligent animatronic head that sees and talks. But only the head and part of his task is to find batteries to keep her "alive."

So, even though they have a brief encounter with a lost man it is basically these three characters, and only two of them are alive. It could easily have been a two character stage play, in this case the desert is the stage.

Actually nicely done overall but as a feature movie it doesn't contain a lot of meat on its bones. You have to be in the mood.

The pace is slow. But the music succeeds in creating a strange atmosphere. Acting is impeccable. I agree with other reviewers that say that you have to be in the mood to watch such a movie. Now, can someone explain to me how a girl with milky white skin spend days in the desert without getting sunburns?

This movie does have plenty to say.. and it's clever enough to give you the space to think about it - instead of the usual bludgeoning into submission and acceptance!

It's minimalist for sure - a rare (and worthy) beast in the current cinema-scape of sensory bombardment that we have been instructed to become used to..

Credit to the entire team here for making simplicity cool, enjoyable and refreshing, as well as thought provoking and a pleasure to watch.

A most watchable interplay of performances, music, cinematography and script; this undemanding movie still stimulates - and gives you the space to consider the themes it explores - and there are more than a few, and nicely interweaved; conditioning, programming, the mother, AI, (very clever here) relationships, love, self and other, now.. and zen.. and it doesn't need to resort complexity to do all this.. the sheer simplicity works just fine ;>

Oh, and the soundtrack's yummy!

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This is a tale of pure adventure and little else. There is a goal, but a vague one. A naive but determined adventurer meets an aimless survivalist, and they decide to team up to seek a fabled objective. There is virtually no variety in scenery and very little happens, aside from dialogue being exchanged. The narrative is much more introspective than it is objective. It's a tale about the journey, adventuring for the sake of adventuring, and weighing survival vs happiness. The movie deals with artificial intelligence as well, in a healthy way. If you have a child, especially one with a special curiosity and a twinkle in their eye, I implore you to have them watch it. If you are a grown adult, you could watch this to awaken the child in you and rekindle your passion for adventure, but it will not be terribly exciting, to the point where it might not be enough to hold your attention. I see this as a (must-see) kid's movie, whether it's marketed that way or not. I rated 7 to describe my own enjoyment of the film as an adult, but it does hold immense value that others could put to better use. There is no denying that it is an entirely wholesome film.

The acting is phenomenal, the scripting is great, the cinematography is good, and the coloring is beautiful.