Synopsis
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.
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Cast
- Owen WilsonGreg Wittle
- Salma Hayek PinaultIsabel Clemens
- Nesta CooperEmily Wittle
- Jorge Lendeborg Jr.Arthur Wittle
- Ronny ChiengKendo
- Steve ZissisBjorn
- Joshua LeonardCameron
- Madeline ZimaDoris
- Bill NyeChris
- Slavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek
Recommendations
- 63
Washington Post
Bliss isn’t really all that interested in trafficking in the stuff of mass-market science fiction: the bells and whistles, in the form of nifty hardware, special effects and the like. Rather, Cahill’s latest film is an exercise in existential inquiry. - 58
The A.V. Club
The emotional impact of those shots comes mainly from Wilson, who’s captured in several dialogue-free long takes. His signature drawl is silenced, and his face is forced to do work the screenplay hasn’t. He gives a weighty performance, delivered into a simulated void. - 50
Chicago Tribune
I wish the results were better, and a lot stranger. Cahill’s world-building has its moments, though. And the filmmaker did determine — correctly — that it’d be fun to have Bill Nye, the science guy, in a bow tie, portraying a sniffy scientific researcher. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
As with both of his previous works, the filmmaker delivers an undeniably ambitious mind-bender that bites off more than it can narratively chew. - 30
Variety
Cahill gets so bogged down in hair-splitting rules and exposition that he loses track of the bigger themes. - 30
The New York Times
Bliss fails to engage the senses, resulting in cinematic disappointment. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Convoluted doesn’t begin to describe the sci-fi drama Bliss, which starts off intriguingly enough but loses its way once it attempts to explain itself, before surprising us entirely in the end — and not in a particularly satisfying way. How this loopy film got made may prove its biggest mystery. - 30
Wall Street Journal
Ideas being realized on screen? It’s something Mr. Cahill’s characters accomplish far more effectively than does the director himself.
