7/10
Nontraditional, worthwhile sci-fi
12 February 2019
I got this for Christmas, but I couldn't remember why I'd wanted to see it. Let's just say it's sort of a cult classic. It's an existential sci-fi movie about a strange man who just shows up at an asylum, claiming to be from another planet. (And eventually he teaches us all about ourselves - kidding.) It's exceptionally well done, particularly in the performance by Hugo Soto as the patient. And while the ending may not be satisfying to people looking for answers to questions of where, why, and how, the journey is never dull and often quite exhilarating. This is a pensive, slow-developing movie, and as long as you don't expect traditional sci-fi (heck, the entire movie takes place on Earth!), you might find this as worthwhile as I did.
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