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IO
Directed by
Jonathan Helpert
PG-13
2019
1h 36m
Science Fiction
,
Drama
,
and more
4.8
33%
19%
5.0
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As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
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Where to Watch IO
Netflix
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Cast of IO
Margaret Qualley
Sam Walden
Anthony Mackie
Micah / Executive Producer
Danny Huston
Henry Walden
Tom Payne
Elon
Emma Fitzgerald
Radio Broadcaster
Justin Andrew Jamieson
TV Broadcast Newscaster
Teagan Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Jonathan Helpert
Director
Clay Jeter
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Will Basanta
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Charles Spano
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Jason Michael Berman
Producer
Laura Rister
Producer
Raphael Swann
Executive Producer
Victor Shapiro
Executive Producer
Dave Hansen
Executive Producer
Johnny Mac
Executive Producer
Alain Peyrollaz
Executive Producer
Ryan Lough
Executive Producer
Thomas B. Fore
Executive Producer
IO Ratings & Reviews
InSession Film
Aaron Charles
A jumbled mess that never really presents a cohesive narrative.
KCTV5 News at 9
Lonita Cook
It's an interesting, compelling idea, but it's a little bit low-key.
Cultured Vultures
Dan Ashby
The handful of twists, a little world context and the unique visual style make for an intriguing watch, it's just a shame that the film is a little too much of a slow burn.
Spokesman-Review (Washington)
Dan Webster
Even if the manner in which it unfolds is, in the end, fairly pedestrian, the message it strives to make definitely is not.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Bleak sci-fi dystopian tale has language, dark themes.
Film Inquiry
David Fontana
A forced romance, lackluster execution, and a tendency to pander to its audience makes IO come up far shorter than it otherwise could've been.
The Twisted Girl Next Door
Chauncey K. Robinson
A film that tries to come off deeper than it actually is.
New York Times
Scott Tobias
A film more interested in symbols of human resilience than in the flesh-and-blood passions that animate it.
Mashable
Alison Foreman
IO's clichéd reaches for emotional resonance continue throughout the film, landing each time with a hollow thud that left me begging for a toxic storm to wipe the characters and their broody monologues off-screen.
Polygon
Rafael Motamayor
This isn't enough to raise the stakes, and instead, Io resorts to a forced relationship and secrets each character hides for no reason other than to force a conflict.
The Maine Edge
Allen Adams
While it's a bit lacking in terms of earned emotional impact - soul, if you will - it's certainly a better-than-decent way to kill 90 minutes or so.
Thrillist
Dan Jackson
Despite some lofty ideas and two talented lead actors, IO is more of the same: uninspired storytelling that feels designed to feed the algorithm more than it nourishes your brain.
The Daily Dot
Tess Cagle
To stand out in the noise, a film must have a unique plot, feel eerily plausible, and reveal a profound truth about human nature. Unfortunately, IO doesn't accomplish any of that.
Consequence
Blake Goble
IO is just not very riveting, character or plot-wise. And that's saying something when the fate of the planet, the greatest human drama of all, hangs in the balance.
Midwest Film Journal
Evan Dossey
A collection of sci-fi tropes that don't amount of anything new.
Birth.Movies.Death.
Leigh Monson
If you're looking for science fiction that makes manifest the anxieties of a dying world, our dying world, then Io is a good place to start.
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
It's not a good sign... when a movie ostensibly meant to rekindle one's faith in mankind makes you long instead for permanent apocalypse.
Decider
Joel Keller
Stream it, mainly for the performances of Qualley and Mackie, and for the mercifully straightforward plot.
IGN Movies
Kenneth Seward Jr.
Netflix's IO provides a different take on a familiar premise. The story is intimate in nature, with a plot that highlights the importance of relationships - not just between partners or family members, but relationships in general.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
IO isn't science fiction storytelling distilled so much as it is vaporized.
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