Our take
When Brian was eight years old he lost five hours of his life to a black out. Now ten years later he is searching for the truth. His search leads him to Neil, a boy who was on his little league team the summer of the blackout. Brian has always believed he was abducted by aliens from the dreams he had with Neil in them. Neil however knows the truth. Neil had just left the small town life and moved to New York. When he comes home for Christmas and meets Brian will he finally tell him the answers he has been looking for? This is the story of one boy who can’t remember and a boy who can’t forget.
Streaming arrival
What it won
Venice
1 nom
Spirit Awards
1 nom
Sundance
1 nom
The story
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Elsewhere
"Gregg Araki delivers his most challenging and arguably most mature film."
— David Rooney
The details
It was a good movie but man the story was upsetting and disturbing
i think this movie was great. from the cinematography to the amazing acting, i’d definitely recommend it
there were a lot of intense scenes, but by the end you’ll realize how important those details were to the story.
it is very disturbing, but it’s the kind of movie that’ll be stick in your head for a while, and open your eyes about the traumatic things people go through, and how those things can shape/affect them later on in life.
the soundtrack was awesome too, made it seem dreamy in a way.