I Origins

"Every living person on this planet has their own unique pair of eyes. Each their own universe."

"When I was a child, I realised that the camera was designed exactly like the human eye, taking in light through a lens, forming it into images. I began taking as many pictures of eyes as I possibly could."

"You ever feel like when you met someone, they fill this hole inside of you, and then when they're gone, you feel that space painfully vacant?"

"Cremation is like obliteration. I mean, what if, in the future, the scientists—what if they can reconstitute our selves through our D. N. A.?"

"I'm not religious. … Religion is based on scripture written by men thousands of years ago. Those beliefs can't be changed or challenged. They're fixed."

"Turning over a rock and finding nothing is progress."

"To me, the best thing about living like a lab rat is that sometimes, really rare times, you actually discover something."

"There is someone there with Sofi's exact iris pattern. The eyes and the brain are connected. If—if the cellular structure in the eye is reoccurring from person to person, then maybe something in the brain carries over as well, like a neurological link. Maybe the eye really is some kind of window to the soul."

"I want you to burn me."

"We're already married in the spiritual world."

"I think it's dangerous to play God."

"Big ideas can sometimes lead to great motion pictures or, as in the case of I Origins, colossal misfires. A wannabe examination of faith versus science, Mike Cahill's follow-up to Another Earth fails to provide convincing dramatization of his thematic thesis."

"His use of metaphors, especially those involving eyes, is heavy-handed and obvious. (The title being a prime example.)"

"Cahill spends the entire film bringing a sense of wonder to the desperately rational Ian, and if the film takes on a glow toward the end, that glow feels well-earned."

"Although the film and the actors keep on looking good, this solemn, soppy, fantasy has nothing to say about science or faith."

"Michael Pitt — Ian Gray"

"Brit Marling — Karen"

"Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey — Sofi Elizondo"

"Steven Yeun — Kenny"

"Archie Panjabi — Priya Varma"

"Cara Seymour — Dr. Jane Simmons"

"Venida Evans — Margaret Dairy"

"William Mapother — Darryl Mackenzie"

"Kashish — Salomina"