I wanted to like this movie more than I did. I tried. It has a lot of things going for it. Unfortunately, it just can't overcome the familiarity of its plot.
An astronaut on a solo mission to an uncharted destination misses his wife dearly. His mental state is deteriorating. Is he hallucinating that giant spider in the corner that he calls Hanuš? Given the fact that he's so far removed from reality, it's hard to know if anything we're seeing is genuine. Does it ultimately matter? Does anything matter?
It felt like this movie was on the verge of becoming something cosmic and profound, but then it soon became rather mundane. In the end, it's just another disappointing Solaris clone. I've seen one too many "man alone in a capsule" movies before and this wasn't one of the better ones. In fact, as a true lonely space cadet, it left me properly downcast.
2½ purple nebulous clouds out of 5
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