Moon

March’24 – Nominated By YA

Nominations

Plot Synopsis

Sam Bell (played by Sam Rockwell) is an astronaut working for Lunar Industries Ltd., stationed at a lunar base that harvests and sends back to Earth helium-3, a clean and potent energy source. Sam is nearing the end of his three-year solitary contract on the Moon, looking forward to returning to Earth to reunite with his wife, Tess, and their young daughter, Eve.

Sam’s only companion is GERTY, a robotic assistant with artificial intelligence designed to tend to his needs and oversee the base’s operations. As the end of his tenure approaches, Sam begins to experience a series of strange occurrences and hallucinations, leading to a personal accident involving a lunar rover.

After the accident, Sam awakens in the base’s infirmary with no memory of what happened. Suspicious of GERTY’s evasiveness and with communication with Earth mysteriously cut off, Sam decides to investigate the accident site himself. There, he makes a shocking discovery: he finds an unconscious man in a crashed rover who looks exactly like him.

The plot thickens as the two Sams try to understand their existence and the reality of their mission on the Moon. They uncover a harrowing truth – they are not the original Sam Bell but clones, part of a series created and used by Lunar Industries to cheaply staff the lunar operation. The clones are designed to believe in their singular identity and life on Earth, only to be replaced after their three-year cycle ends, with their memories reset.

As the two Sams grapple with their identity and the moral implications of their creators’ actions, they devise a plan to return one Sam to Earth to reveal the truth about Lunar Industries’ unethical practices, while the other remains to ensure the mission’s continuation.

“Moon” is a thought-provoking, psychological sci-fi film that delves into issues of corporate ethics, the nature of consciousness, and what it means to be truly human. The film’s minimalist style, combined with Rockwell’s compelling performance and the emotionally resonant story, garnered critical acclaim and has made it a standout entry in the science fiction genre.

Average Scores

	Enjoyable	Plot	Acting	Camera	Themes	Music	Casting	Wildcard	Total
Average Score	5	1.08	0.84	0.6	0.16	0.33	0.15	0.28	8.53
Max Score	5	2	1.5	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	+/- 0.5	11.5
Difference	0	0.93	0.66	0.4	0.34	0.17	0.35	0.23	3.08

Individual Scores

Reviewer	Enjoyable	Plot	Acting	Camera	Themes	Music	Casting	Wildcard	Total
MA	5	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	8.2
YA	5	1	0.8	0.7	0.25	0.3	0.1	0.5	8.65
ZA	5	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.2	0	8.1
KS	5	1.3	0.85	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	8.75