Reeling reviews "I Origins" (opens Friday)

Dr. Ian Gray (Michael Pitt) is a molecular biologist who is researching his theory on the evolution of the human eye. The scientist is obsessed with what spiritualists call the “windows into the soul.” He photographs every pair of eyes he can when he meets a mysterious woman whose eyes he cannot get out of his mind. This triggers a search for those eyes and research that may well proves Ian’s theory in “I Origins.”

Writer-director Mike Cahill creates a (sort of) science fiction, science versus religion story with the eyes, excuse the pun, the focus of “I Origins.” Ian believes that the every pair of eyes has a pattern and that pattern has biometric match with others, linking them together. His research, though, is to create the eye from scratch, with the help of his post-grad school assistant, Karen (Brit Marling). This part is interesting in its concept.

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