The Yr’s Most Distinctive Sci-Fi Love Story ...

You usually hear individuals say “You’ve by no means seen something like this,” however within the case of the new movie Love Me, it’s really true. Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star because the human avatar variations of a buoy and a satellite tv for pc who fall in love lengthy after humanity has ended. Are you able to even image what that’s? It nearly sounds pretend, does it not?

The movie premiered on the Sundance Film Festival last year and is lastly getting a launch later this month on January 31. Meaning, all yr, I’ve needed to attempt to explain this profound, original movie to individuals with simply the image you see above. Now, lastly, the movie has a trailer that does an excellent job of displaying its full, formidable, scope.

“The brand new film Love Me takes place over 10 billion years and stars solely two actors who don’t play people,” I wrote in my 2024 review. “It’s half nature movie, half animation, half stage drama, and extremely formidable and dense each in scope and theme. Written and directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, it’s a movie that makes an attempt to seize the complete scope of celestial existence in a good, 90-minute bundle, whereas additionally letting a contemporary viewers expertise it in a really particular means. Does all of it work on a regular basis? No. Nevertheless it works most of the time, and you’ll’t take your eyes off it since you are continually in awe of what you’re seeing, for any variety of causes.”

So, principally, it’s real-life Wall-E, instructed in varied mediums, with two unbelievable actors.

As I stated within the evaluate, Love Me doesn’t wholly work, however it’s so distinctive, bizarre, candy, and thought-provoking, it’s laborious to not be enamored with it. Make checking it out a part of your 2025 plans. It comes completely to theaters January 31.

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