You are here:

Darkening Sky

Name: Darkening Sky
Director: Victor Bornia
Released: 2011
Duration: 84 min

Representation Score

4.7/10

Fair

2011

Director

Victor Bornia

Runtime

84 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

New Showbiz Analysis

Darkening Sky is a genre-driven psychological thriller that emphasizes cosmic horror and individual paranoia over social commentary. It follows traditional science fiction clichés, focusing on a single protagonist's descent into an impossible reality. The narrative does not aim to disrupt conventional social hierarchies. While it touches on psychological vulnerability, it does not provide complex, multi-layered representation. Ultimately, the film serves as a typical exploration of the unreliable narrator within a sci-fi framework, sticking to conventional storytelling.

Watch this, not that →

Category Breakdown

Does Darkening Sky have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on the heterosexual relationship between Eric and Lisa, without delving into LGBTQ+ identities.

How does Darkening Sky portray gender?

Fair

Lisa initiates a breakup, showing she plays a significant role in the story, but the narrative remains centered on the male protagonist's internal struggle. Gender hierarchies are not challenged.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Darkening Sky?

Limited

The cast and plot do not show diversity, focusing instead on the academic obsessions of the characters.

How does Darkening Sky represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film examines skepticism versus belief through a modern mythological lens, but it does not critique religious or cultural institutions.

Does Darkening Sky include disability representation?

Fair

The protagonist's panic attacks and detachment serve the horror genre rather than offering a nuanced look at mental health issues.

Present on Screen

Lisa takes initiative by making important decisions about her personal boundaries.
The film explores the tension between skepticism and belief through the protagonist's academic background.

Limited or Absent

The story relies on traditional heterosexual relationships and lacks LGBTQ+ representation.
Mental health issues are used primarily as a horror device rather than a nuanced portrayal.
The cast and setting lack significant racial and ethnic diversity.

Official Synopsis

When an alien abduction nightmare is revealed to have been much more than a dream, a skeptical grad student studying the "modern mythology" of UFOs and ETs finds himself confronting an impossible reality involving shape-shifting extraterrestrials, implanted objects, organ harvesting and humans possessed by a malevolent alien presence unlike anything he has ever heard about. All while dealing with a growing suspicion that he is somehow the center of the aliens' plan.

How are these scores produced? →