Off The Path (2022)

Can a homeless yet optimistic teenage girl learn to accept a helping hand?

Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they've rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does, in so many words, sum up the foundational gist of of this new feature film from writer Seth Reiss ("The Menu") and director Kogonada ("The Acolyte", "After Yang"). Yet, it's all only the set-up for the REAL wonder of everything that happens before, during, and in the aftermath of a magical, meaningful journey.

'The Invisible Man' triumphs in tension even as it drops the ball on genuine surprise for the audience.

With a quirky outline, Project Hail Mary stays within the bounds of human language and imperial fantasy.