A haunting allegorical tale, Aniara warns of humanity hurtling in the wrong direction and realising too late that there is no turning back.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2019

A cold, cruel, piercingly humane sci-fi parable that's both bang on the zeitgeist and yet also unnervingly original.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2019

"Aniara" may be the coolest, costliest, most dystopian shaggy-dog story ever filmed.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 24, 2019

A gripping and unpredictable space ride.

| May 17, 2019

It's a grim vision, sure. But it's a compelling one too, using the flash of a space opera to remind viewers that - whether on the ground or in the stars - we're stuck with each other.

| May 17, 2019

The spaceship is an existential trap like in a J.G. Ballard novel, and the ending might not be entirely satisfying, but it's not a cheat.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 16, 2019

Mostly, this is a movie that simulates the experience of losing the will to live, a daunting premise even for the bravest voyagers.

| May 16, 2019

"Aniara" has an intriguing premise, and it's even fascinating at times, but despite an excellent production design, it never gets off the ground even as it speeds through the cosmos.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 15, 2019

The filmmakers are interested in world building only as a pretext for maintaining a tone of non-contemplative ennui.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 13, 2019

"Aniara" is at once grounded and philosophical, fantastical and banal.

| Apr 24, 2019

Never establishes a coherent intellectual vantage point from which to contemplate the monumentality of the eternal void. It's a film that wants to be visionary but isn't.

| Sep 8, 2018