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What can I say, I fell hard for this space rom-com, a genre I never knew I was missing. Genetic testing might reveal traces of Gravity & Pillow Talk spliced with Sesame Street & Dirty Dancing to delightful effect. Amazing cast, intelligent and witty script, quirky yet endearing set design, and killer moves - no matter the distance from Earth, this is a film that never loses its heart. Reminds me of being young and seeing all the John Hughes/Brat Pack movies for the first time except with and as an adult. Silly, sweet and serious are very difficult tones to harmonize but If You Were The Last plays them to perfection. Can't wait to watch it again.

Beautifully, quietly shot with a fully immersive soundscape that draws you in from frame one. From there, the film slowly unveils sights and sounds that will haunt your memory - and your conscious - long after its 25 minutes are over, demanding what we as a species are going to do about the mess we've made of the planet.

Even without a note of music, the film achieves a dream-like quality and there are scenes that sear themselves into your retinas and shake you to your core. No spoilers but I am holding fast to "dream-like" over "nightmare-inducing," as the film is not just an indictment of our inaction addressing the man-made climate crisis but a rallying cry to do so before it is too late.