PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 29 (UPI) -- In the Blink of an Eye, which premiered Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, aspires to synthesize bold scientific ideas with human emotion. Unfortunately, its execution is trite and cheesy.
Three stories intercut throughout the film. In 45,000 B.C.E. a family of Neanderthals (Jorge Vargas, Tanaya Beatty and Skywalker Hughes) tries to survive.
In 2025, Claire (Rashida Jones) is a doctoral student in anthropology at Princeton, whose hookup with Greg (Daveed Diggs) gets serious. In 2117, Coakley (Kate McKinnon) is ⅔ through a space mission over 300 years to a new planet with only AI onboard with her.
Claire is studying a Neanderthal fossil that is obviously one of the characters in the B.C.E. section. The film doesn't reveal the direct connection between the present and future stories until the end but it is even more cringey.
Claire must leave Princeton to care for her ailing mother. Coakley must solve a crisis on board that could compromise her mission.
