Must see movie

As much as I love the big special effects sci-fi  blockbusters, it's good to be reminded why I love science fiction so much: it's the ideas. Those thought provoking wonderful ideas. Things that make you ask questions or readjust your beliefs. Ideas that help nurture your sense of wonder. Lets face it, there are Twilight Zone episodes from forty years ago that I still remember vividly. They probably spent more money on craft services on the last Star Wars movie than they spent on special effects for the entire run of Twilight Zone (and frankly I'd like to forget the last three Star War movies).  A lot of Sci-fi movies would be better off dropping one big special effect and using the money to get a better script.

I just finished watching about the best Sci-fi movie that I have seen for a long time. And guess what, there is not a single special effect! This thing was totally engrossing. Ninety percent of the movie takes place in a living room. It's all talk, no lasers, no mutants and no aliens. Just great dialogue, great characters and and believable acting. The only movie that I can really compare it to is My Dinner with Andre (another very unusual and yet entertaining movie). The movie is called The Man from Earth.

The entire movie takes place at the farewell party for a departing history professor thrown by a few of his coworkers. After awhile his friends want to know why he is leaving. The answer he gives is not what they expect. He confides in them that he is 14,000 years old and he must change his identity to hide the fact he does not age every ten years. He tells them that he started life as a cromagnum  cave dweller and through some process that even he can not explain, he has lived through to the present. So is he crazy? You start to wonder because he seems to have an answer for everything his learned colleagues throw at him. I won't tell you more, just get the movie at your earliest opportunity.  

Your Emoose rating: 4 Antlers (Highly Recomended!)