Produced on a measly budget of just $6.7 million, comedy/drama Infinitely Polar Bear - which concerns a family-orientated plot about Mark Ruffalo and his two kids - isn't really the kind of film you'd expect from Bad Robot. Then again, neither was Morning Glory, so who knows what to think about this company anymore, right? Set, for some reason, in the 1970s, Infinitely Polar Bear hones in on a single father suffering from bipolar disorder, who - in the wake of a massive breakdown - agrees to assume responsibility of his young daughters after his wife relocates to Columbia University to finish her degree. It's a decent film that feels a little aimless and conflicted at times, but its heart is just about in the right place. Ruffalo is great, of course; when isn't he? The interesting thing that this particular film and other Bad Robot films have in common is actress Zoe Saldana, who has appeared in both films in the rebooted Star Trek series: perhaps it was her involvement in Infinitely Polar Bear that convinced J.J. Abrams to get on board?
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
