There is a great deal wrong with "I Origins," most noticeably the pacing. It is a slow burn, bordering on boring as it moves from one scene to the next.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 14, 2021

The metaphysical love story may have asked many more questions than it could ever hope to answer but answers aren't the point of the film. Ideas are, and the film has those in spades.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 1, 2021

While this is definitely a science versus faith movie, Cahill who both wrote and directed, strikes a solid, sensible balance between the two sides, letting you reach your own conclusions.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 7, 2020

A quieter and more cerebral science fiction film, it will probably satisfy many a viewer who discovers it through a recommendation algorithm at a movie streaming service...

| Mar 11, 2020

I Origins is a handsome film, yet that same elegance is lacking from a script too reliant on the discourse of binaries.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2019

It plays out like Dharma and Greg-the rebellious and spiritual woman who woos the straight laced logical man-and this lack of originality is boring.

| Aug 21, 2018

There are far too many times when the story simply looses its footing and falls into another tedious direction, leaving some angles completely dangling.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 2, 2017

The longer the film goes on, the clunkier, sillier, and more preposterous it becomes. Expect your eyes to roll.

| Aug 14, 2017

I Origins tries desperately to imbue a deeper metaphysical meaning with its narrative, but the alignment of all its concepts come off as disjointed and pretentious.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 21, 2016

As of yet, we have no science on reincarnation, but the science fiction seems to be getting warmer.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2016

Sceptical scientist Michael Pitt falls in love with spacey new age model Astrid Bergs-Frisbey, attracted by her dazzling dichromatic eyes [and] the tussle between rationalism and mysticism takes turns that are both unexpected and thought provoking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2016

When it shifts away from the relationship, it really starts to feel forced. You can feel Cahill's hand leading you down the path toward another "discovery," and you can only hope the end will justify the means. Put simply, it doesn't.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 6, 2014

Shame then that it lets itself down with some iffy dialogue and a slightly anticlimactic ending.

| Oct 3, 2014

Though not every element of the grander mystery story works, there's plenty here to keep you thinking.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 3, 2014

Arresting, ambitious and a bit of an acquired taste, Cahill's extraordinary second feature bursts with big, bold ideas.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2014

Gradually mutates into a debate about the singularity of the soul, the spectre of reincarnation rearing its unexpected head under laboratory conditions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 28, 2014

Unapologetically soulful stuff, almost provocative in its lack of irony.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 28, 2014

Some intriguing ideas lurk within writer-director Mike Cahill's screenplay, but he would have to be a Stanley Kubrick or a Jonathan Glazer to do justice to them.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2014

An unusual, science-based metaphysical thriller that manages to be both provocative and romantic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2014

It's the wily blending of opposing concepts - science vs faith; chance vs destiny; mortality vs spirituality - that gives considerable intellectual muscle to an unusual mix of mystery and love story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2014