I have never been more disappointed by a film in my entire life.
The premise for this movie is great, and that's the only reason it got a three. It's a wonderful idea, but there has never been a more poorly executed movie I've ever seen. For those of you who are not familiar with this film, it's about a professor who is moving away and his colleagues come over for a goodbye party and he begins to tell them that he is 14,000 years old. It's all set in one place, all told in storytelling form, just dialogue. The acting was terrible. Beyond terrible, really. Nothing made sense, it was wayyyy to easy to convince these intellectual people of this ridiculous notion, no one asked him any questions to make him prove it, even though it would be very easy to prove or disprove. Just unbelievable how flawed this movie was, on such a cool premise. I'll be interested if it ever gets remade.
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person2310
It wasn't perfect but I didn't think it was entirely unbelievable.
They didn't entirely believe him. At first they simply 'humoured' him.
But you have to understand that the professors were all very close friends. That is shown the whole time by the way they plead him to tell them more about himself and whether they could do more to help him etc etc. They've known him for a very long time, 10 years, as a brilliant professor who has never shown any signs of mental illness. And because of their strong bonds of friendship they re more inclined to believe what he says. Simple psychology, even if taken a little bit too far. But aren't most movies about suspension of disbelief anyway?
The Man from Earth
Released: June 10, 2007
Synopsis:
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.