I Origins

An excellent indie film with great actors, a great idea, and a powerful and touching story that could have easily happened. From the start, the film takes a look into the life of a molecular biologist and his work, and I found it both refreshing and engaging. The interesting scientific facts and intelligent dialogue kept me on my toes. Once the protagonist falls in love, the romantic level works, which then turns into an instant shock and a maddeningly uncompromising twist, which was properly shocking considering the genre. I still found the following events very unexpected, with one unpleasant situation after another, and luckily the finale comes with a strong emotional dose that swayed me decently. I never thought about my eyes like I did after watching this film. Clever and with a drive. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it in the end. 8/10. (07/18/2022)

If the first 20 minutes hadn’t seemed to drag for so long, it would have been be an excellent sci-fi from the near future. This way, it took a while for the interesting eye theory to develop, which I not only thought about for a long time after the movie was over, but which I also found pretty original. I didn’t learn anything new but the movie cemented my idea that I really enjoy movies like this that are similar to Perfect Sense. They take the world as it is today and slightly change it to include something undiscovered so far and they let that sink in. It’s interesting and original and that’s what counts when it comes to movies. (08/27/2015)

I Origins deftly blends the popular "I fucking love science" idea of good-looking scientists in brightly lit labs writing in marker on windows facing the majesty of the autumnal Brooklyn Bridge with Instagram muckety-mucks, earbuds, NYC apartments, public transportation, and the constant feeling that it's six in the morning. It's probably already clear from this compilation that the science here comes in thirty-ninth place, and we're not really looking at anything higher/lower than a spiritual and rather fatalistic romance made by a man I probably wouldn't have much to talk about with, but would love to watch at work. That whole trendy Eastern philosophical plane is of course inexcusable... but wait... It's a sci-fi after all! (01/14/2015)

Recently, a relatively large number of interesting sci-fi works have been emerging, which don't rely so much on how sci-fi can be opulent and full of special effects, but rather on the idea itself. In this case, the idea exists, but I had a feeling that before the creators got to it, too much time had passed. Unfortunately, the ending is more emotional than anything else, and it didn't grab me as much as I would have liked. (12/09/2014)

It's not enough to read about this, this you must see. The way I Origins is shot, and the way the twists and turns occur here, is in a word, breathtaking. The ideas on which the film is based are presented to the viewer in such a simple yet compelling way that they begin to make sense to you and you don't doubt their reality. The cast is no less exceptional. For a film like this, it's great to have some new faces, as it makes the viewer focus more on the plot. My thoughts on this settled a bit during the night and I am raising my rating to full stars. (08/24/2015)