It seemed almost like 2 movies - a slow drama focusing on a family tragedy, a fast-paced Black Mirror-like scifi that ultimately generates false hope. Though it was a well-done character study that obviously was a work of love for Julie Delpy - lead protagonist, writer and director, it was just not wholly satisfying,

Julie Delpy wrote, directed, and stars in this subtle yet moving story of a mother's undying love for her daughter. She plays Isabelle, a brilliant researcher living in Germany. She's going through a difficult divorce while having an affair with another man. One day her daughter Zoe, who she dotes on, becomes ill and ends up in the hospital. There's no explanation for what happened to her, and she goes into a coma. Both she and her ex husband are devastated when their beloved daughter dies. While her husband thinks they need to move on, Isabelle saves a bit of Zoe's skin and is determined to have her cloned. This sounds futuristic, but the way the story is told, it could actually happen today. I got totally sucked into the story and found the acting brilliant. Although it's slow paced, there's an undercurrent of tension that kept me glued to the screen right until the end.

After trashing the sacrifices of motherhood in Before Midnight, Delpy celebrates the institution, albeit in a twisted, modern way that declares my body and my life are my own, even though I had nothing to do with bringing it into existence. Not up to her previous work.

This was poorly executed and drowning in expository, dragging dialogue. We only saw it through to the end because we found the writing and Delphy's performance so ridiculously humorous. Made us in the mood to watch Tommy Wiseau's The Room! Shame!