Landscape with Invisible Hand

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Landscape with Invisible Hand

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Released Aug 18, 2023

1h 45m

Sci-Fi

Comedy

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Years into a benevolent alien occupation of Earth, the human race is still adjusting to the new world order and its quirky coffee table-sized overlords called the Vuvv. Their flashy advanced technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs -- and steady income -- obsolete. When 17-year-old artist Adam Campbell (Asante Blackk) and new girlfriend Chloe Marsh (Kylie Rogers) discover the Vuvv are particularly fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their budding romance to make extra cash for themselves and their families. Life is good, for a while, until the flame of their teenage love fizzles out and they're forced to make very different, absurdly life-altering sacrifices for their families.

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Critics Consensus

Ambitious and unpredictable, Landscape with Invisible Hand struggles to get some of its ideas across, but remains a bold blend of sci-fi and social commentary.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's all rather cleverly worked out and there's enough here to draw on. Certainly from a young adult level there's something to see here, but it tries to too much in too many different ways. I give them points though for creating aliens that [look new].

Sep 7, 2023

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Brianna Wellen

Chicago Reader

Once you get past the aliens’ appearances, it’s easy to be mesmerized by the film at large, which is a sweeping and heartfelt examination of colonization, voyeurism, capitalism, and humanity.

Aug 26, 2023

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

It’s a lovely little film, and features two great performances from Blackk and Haddish.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 24, 2023

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

Entertaining, thoughtful, and audaciously unsettling ... I can’t remember ever seeing an alien invasion movie that felt this tangibly real since Arrival

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2024

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

Sort of Interesting, Sort of Dull

Apr 24, 2024

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

An offbeat sci-fi romantic comedy drama with fitting social commentary but grappling with an uneven narrative pulse.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 27, 2023

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Xavier H

this movie was interesting but had too much going on for me to understand why this movie is titled what it is. i feel the movie wouldve worked better as a streaming series. idk maybe thats just me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/01/23

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Jay

The premise was interesting for the first 30 minutes then it quickly got boring. Very slow moving which I don't mind if the movie is good. It's one of those movies I didn't hate but also one I won't ever watch again. Wait till it's free on streaming.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/23

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peter

I liked the story-line and where the vibe was going, and thought it was a very thoughtful, and hopeful movie. However as I am human, I wanted to see the aliens shrivel up and implode! Perhaps in the sequel !!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Brandon

Quirky, but interesting, creative, and well acted. It will make you think. I would say this is a really good movie for teens and families with older kids, despite the R rating (it’s really just language).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/23/23

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Michael

So on the nose and boring. Shocked it is based on a book when it barely crawls to 90 minutes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Erika

I thought this was going to a typical young adult film, but it was so much more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Cory Finley

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Asante Blackk

Adam Campbell

Kylie Rogers

Chloe Marsh

Tiffany Haddish

Beth Campbell

Josh Hamilton

Mr. Marsh

Michael Gandolfini

Hunter Marsh

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Synopsis

Years into a benevolent alien occupation of Earth, the human race is still adjusting to the new world order and its quirky coffee table-sized overlords called the Vuvv. Their flashy advanced technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs -- and steady income -- obsolete. When 17-year-old artist Adam Campbell (Asante Blackk) and new girlfriend Chloe Marsh (Kylie Rogers) discover the Vuvv are particularly fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their budding romance to make extra cash for themselves and their families. Life is good, for a while, until the flame of their teenage love fizzles out and they're forced to make very different, absurdly life-altering sacrifices for their families.

Director: Cory Finley
Producer: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenwriter: Cory Finley
Distributor: MGM
Production Co: Studio Concierge, Annapurna Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Rating: R (Brief Violent Content|Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $190.2K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

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