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Metascore
17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe New York TimesAmy NicholsonI can say without hyperbole that there are conversations in this movie that I have never heard before (and refuse to spoil). Better, I can confirm that Brown — the straight man to Duplass’s comic relief — delivers his half with conviction.
- 75Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeSlant MagazineRoss McIndoeMel Eslyn’s film is a thoughtful drama about life, gender, and male friendship.
- 67IndieWireEmma StefanskyIndieWireEmma StefanskyBiosphere is tons of fun as a character study, but its ideas will leave you gazing out of its geodesic windows, wishing there was something more out there.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThese neat little notes are dropped like so many breadcrumbs along the trail and offer some clever hints about the larger storyline, but that brings us to where Biosphere falls short: The Big Picture it is painting remains a bit too fuzzy and frustratingly ambiguous to the end.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneBiosphere, though sometimes larky in tone, is also a frowningly intense venture that never stops being about itself.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshAll the elements are there — writing, performance, themes — but there’s not enough plot to sustain a nearly two-hour feature, and as the situation escalates, it becomes clear that they don’t quite know where or how to end things, and it lands with a thud.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreI think most of us inclined to go see it will be doing all its heavy lifting for it, as what’s here feels slight, incomplete and not nearly as funny, cute and deep as these folks seem to believe.
- 50Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWritten by Mark Duplass and first-time feature director and veteran producer Mel Eslyn (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, The One I Love), there's no doubt that Biosphere is filled with ideas, and they're given easy life by Brown and Duplass.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThis film never had any business being stretched into a feature, much less one running 106 minutes. At that length, Biosphere is soporific and repetitive and puts viewers in the position of always being two steps ahead of it.