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Andrew Stanton’s ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Debuts on Hulu in Live-Action Return

Critics highlight bold ideas alongside concerns over pacing.

Overview

  • The triptych drama intercuts Neanderthal life, a contemporary academic couple, and a lone future pilot to explore continuity of human experience across time.
  • Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs star in the present-day storyline, with Kate McKinnon leading the far‑future segment.
  • The film is now streaming on Hulu and on Hulu within Disney+, following its world premiere at Sundance in January.
  • At Sundance, the feature won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for science‑themed storytelling despite a tepid overall reception.
  • Stanton describes the film as a humanist work centered on unchanging human nature, a theme reviewers note even as some fault the structure and tempo.