Clara

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Clara

2019

1h 45m

Sci-Fi

Drama

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Isaac Bruno is an astronomer consumed with searching the cosmos for evidence of life. When his obsession jeopardizes his career, he ignores a friend's advice to get his life back on track and instead delves deeper into his research - in part to escape from a tragedy in his past. After Isaac meets an artist named Clara, the two begin an unlikely collaboration sifting through mounds of newly released stellar data in the hopes of making a monumental discovery.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

05/03/2019

2/4

Even if you put all the Manic Pixie stuff aside, Clara is still a frustrating experience.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

05/02/2019

While the movie's morose mysticism is tolerable enough, once "Clara" starts arguing for following feelings instead of data, it puts on its own tinfoil hat.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

04/30/2019

Bogged down in endless philosophical and scientific discussions filled with technical jargon about such subjects as "quantum entanglement," Clara forgets to have anything resembling a compelling plot. Or an original one.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

03/22/2021

4/5

Clara is a small but perfectly played movie that deserves to be singled out for praise, for an intelligent storyline, for a genuine interest in science, and a romance that gives the film heart...

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/03/2021

3/5

The push-and-pull between objectivity and intuition is interesting but overplayed to the point of exhaustion. The climax reaches for the stars, offering a hopeful note, that will strike some as poetic, others as the very definition of schmaltz.

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Alex Hudson

Exclaim!

07/02/2020

6/10

With its story about hunting the universe for inhabitable planets, this is the filmic embodiment of that GIF of Eric Wareheim having his mind blown in space.

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Paul K

@loggy Jan 22

Being a space nerd, a dog lover, a believer in hard and dry science, I also know it's ok to to just feel. I loved it.

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Rantanplan w

@RT30798732 Nov 16

If you like astronomy, if you were fascinated by SETI, if you are puzzled by quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity AND if you like romances, then this is your movie.

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Daniel M

@RT69013557 08/08/2025

Engaging film. Consider it the Forest Gump feel of indie movies

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Tony G

@TonyGraham 06/14/2025

Contact but warmer and more softly paced, and with good science as well as good fiction.

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Christopher N

@Millerman 03/13/2025

Absolute must see fìlm.

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Dale G

@RT82006349 07/31/2024

Loved this film…superb acting all thru nice little gem ignore the critics they got it wrong again

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Synopsis

Isaac Bruno is an astronomer consumed with searching the cosmos for evidence of life. When his obsession jeopardizes his career, he ignores a friend's advice to get his life back on track and instead delves deeper into his research - in part to escape from a tragedy in his past. After Isaac meets an artist named Clara, the two begin an unlikely collaboration sifting through mounds of newly released stellar data in the hopes of making a monumental discovery.

Director: Akash Sherman
Producer: Ari Lantos
Screenwriter: Akash Sherman
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Equinoxe Films, Téléfilm Canada, Screen Media Ventures, Serendipity Point Films
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 3, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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