Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime is set in a near future where a company offers holographic recreations of deceased relatives. An aging Tess uses the service to spend time with a younger version of her late husband Walter, testing how memory might look if it could be edited by technology. The system also layers in representations of other family members and past conversations, creating scenes that feel real yet unsettled. The result is a quiet, character driven meditation on memory, grief, and the blurred boundary between living and the dead. The film favors conversation over spectacle, inviting viewers to think about what is gained and what is lost when memory is manufactured.

Released in 2017, Michael Almereyda directed this adaptation of Jordan Harrison's stage play Marjorie Prime. The film mines memory and technology through intimate dialogue, offering a restrained science fiction mood anchored by strong performances from Geena Davis and Jon Hamm, with a lean cast and crisp pacing. The production favors closeups and quiet spaces, letting ideas breathe rather than relying on effects, and it foregrounds the ethical questions the premise raises about what we owe the living when the dead can be duplicated.

Box office figures for Marjorie Prime were modest and not widely reported, reflecting its limited release and festival circuit rather than a broad commercial push. It found a small audience through streaming and selective theatrical runs.

Critics generally praised the film for its quiet mood and the performances of Geena Davis and Jon Hamm. It raises questions about aging and memory, and asks whether reviving a loved one as a digital likeness can honor or distort the past.

The film did not receive major award nominations, keeping its profile small. Still, some critics highlighted its disciplined direction and the way the script uses talk to probe moral questions, which some audiences consider its reward.