Biosphere is a buddy comedy about the last two dudes on Earth
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CP62)
Image: IFC Films
It's always nice when the end of the world can have some levity. Biosphere, from director Mel Eslyn, manages to mash up a post-apocalyptic story with a buddy comedy for a movie about two best pals who just so happen to be the last remaining people on the planet. It's a high concept told at a small scale, with the entirety of the film taking place inside of an apartment-size biosphere home to lifelong friends Billy (Mark Duplass) and Ray (Sterling K. Brown). Their incredible chemistry propels the film forward, but it's a major twist mid-way through that makes this strange, funny, and at times uncomfortable movie worth checking out.
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