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

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

One laugh, courtesy of Pitt's intellect-signifying dicky bow; the rest is arrant, po-faced nonsense.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 25, 2014

A mad-eyed exploration into modern optometry is Mike Cahill's ambitious, if flawed, follow-up to 2011's Another Earth.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2014

Cahill's second feature film is another smart, inventive and engaging offering.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2014

I Origins addresses its subject with the kind of bright-eyed earnestness normally seen only in spaniels and MA students.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2014

While conceptually I Origins is no more absurd than Upstream Colour, it offers a lot less to chew on, depending on its stars to supply what credibility they can.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 12, 2014

Cahill spends the entire film bringing a sense of wonder to the desperately rational Ian, and if the film takes on a glow toward the end, that glow feels well-earned.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 8, 2014

Humanistic sci-fi from director Mike Cahill, insofar as it sympathizes with the human longings for both understanding and transcendent mystery.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2014

With a slew of seemingly random clues unraveling in the pursuit of scientific mystery, Origins becomes gut-punching marvel.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 25, 2014

Although the film and the actors keep on looking good, this solemn, soppy, fantasy has nothing to say about science or faith.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 25, 2014

Cahill is one of the most talented filmmakers to emerge in the last decade. His sophomore feature may disappoint, but it's clear he has much more to say.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 25, 2014

The very idea of a dishy man of science being bowled over by the mysteries of the soul is quite irresistible, and Pitt and Marling really sell the plot's implausible twists.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 24, 2014

This is a beautifully crafted story that takes us on quite the journey of exploration and discovery.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 24, 2014

Makes a too obvious attempt to repeat [Cahill's] previous effort, wanting to be spooky and ending up soggy.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 24, 2014

"I Origins" slows down the longer it goes on, and the last half hour drifts into vagueness. The climax is dramatically inert and depends on the soundtrack to convince us that it's actually happening.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 24, 2014

The film ends with an ambiguous, yet powerful conclusion. It doesn't answer the question it raises, yet the way it's asked keeps it echoing in your head.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2014

How much you enjoy "I Origins" may well depend on whether you think lines like "Maybe the eye really is a window to the soul" are cliched.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 24, 2014