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Riley (Rachel Noll James) has a gift, and it’s not the result of a mad science experiment. In Ingress, she can shift herself to other realities instead of making them like in Wandavision. The comparison is every evident when considering she’s looking for a reality where she can be happy. After losing her love of her life, she’s sad and wants to be in a place where all is well.
This actress not only wrote and directed this film, but also has something to say about how difficult it is to find love, experience life to its fullest, and achieve happiness. Although she has some control over when she slips into some other world where either her husband Toby (Johnny Ferro) is dead, doesn’t recognise her or simply aren’t married, trying to find that world where all is good is tough!
And to help her traverse this multiverse, Daniel (Christopher Clark) somehow knows all the quirky scientific mumbo jumbo to explain to audiences how it all works to help. Much of it comes from some from some force who’s decided to make this guy’s body his own. Lucas (Tim DeKay) seems to know all, and as a geek who wants to understand how this quantum universe works, what’s suggests is plausable. We’re not dealing with a lot of made up science.
Unlike other multiverse movies where it gets heavy with a ton of sci-fi elements which explains how the nature of reality works, this film downplays all of that. Viewers don’t need to know how it works. Instead, we’re looking at how Riley is learning how to achieve all of what she wants. Unlike Everything Everywhere All At Once (review link), this take feels more like Sliders meets Quantum Leap, with a lot of the magical realism stripped away.
Although these other shows consider a lot of what ifs, namely how would the world look as John F. Kennedy died, this one is simply focussed on how to live should that soul mate or certain members of the family not be around. James developed a well-meaning concept that few will appreciate. For myself, what’s special about this work is that it’s filmed in the Pacific Northwest. To be exact, Bainbridge Island has been a community I’ve been wanting to visit, and to get a taste of what this town looks like has piqued my interest.
I’m sure the people there are friendlier than what’s portrayed in the film. This presentation is more of a character drama than anything else. Also, the music is more telling than the narrative, and it’s sweet. And as for whether Riley can find everything she’s lost, I shan’t say. This film has a lot of twists and turns to show that the search will always go on. It’s up to Riley to finally say, “I’m home,” in order to have the end credits roll.
3½ Stars out of 5
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