Another Earth is a fascinating indie from Fox Searchlight, about how humanity reacts to a second Earth suddenly showing up in their atmosphere one night. Specifically, the story focuses on Rhoda (Brit Marling), who makes the one mistake that dashes her future at MIT: She gets into a car accident that kills John’s (William Mapother) wife and child. When she gets out of jail four years later, Earth II is nearly in line with ours, and Rhoda searches out John to apologize, but instead hides her true identity.
Like all good speculative-fiction movies, Another Earth showcases an intimate, sparse story against the large scope of this jarring new reality. And while it has a compelling emotional journey, the ending is — wisely, frustratingly — ambiguous. More »