Atonement

Another Earth

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Critics seem split over whether this is silly and implausible or surprisingly profound; I would say yes. But what I didn't know going in was that my city is one of the stars. Everything is recognizable, from the Knights of Columbus headquarters to the interior of the Gourmet Heaven on Broadway. Oh, except for this: those spacious, clean, comfortable Metro North cars, with the spacious, clean, comfortable bathrooms? Those must be from Earth 2; don't expect to see them on the New Haven Line on this planet.

Finally, a note to Anthony Lane (double-click on the paragraph to see it, but it's a spoiler): it's really quite simple: Earth 2 Rhoda has boarded that planet's equivalent exploration to the one on which Earth 1 Rhoda won passage--which implies, incidentally, that no, things went just as bad there as they did here.

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• Martha Marcy May Marlene--John Hawkes creepy.