Clooney delivers another of his carefully-considered, impeccably-mounted pseudo-philosophical mood pieces that is more skill than heart but delivers appropriately in performance. Just about on the right side of slow without being dreary, a non-specified global apocalypse is spreading from the major population centres whilst a gruff terminally-ill scientist (played gracefully by Clooney himself) stays behind at an Artic research station, only to find himself stuck with a young child who was seemingly left behind and trying to warn off a returning deep-space exploration vessel. The (small) set pieces are well-crafted and effectively staged; it is just a shame that the 'big twist' is so blindingly obvious from early on that it feels like a long time before it is underwhelmingly revealed.
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