It was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on October 6, 2023, and in Australia by Transmission Films on November 2, 2023.

One night a stranger appears at their door who introduces himself as Terrance from an aerospace corporation called OuterMore.

Terrance announces that Junior has been drafted to work on the Installation, a large space station in orbit around Earth.

Terrance begins to visit the farm house regularly to interview Junior and collect data to help configure his replacement.

Once Terrance asks her if she would like to get away, and she relates to him a fantasy she has of walking out on her husband and experiencing life beyond the farm - somewhere with other people and new ideas.

He wakes up hog tied on the floor of his guest bedroom, in front of an audience of OuterMore employees.

Finally, Hen cannot bear the sound of duplicate Junior’s pleas and she fights through OuterMore security to comfort him.

Terrance remarks that this unexpected scientific breakthrough of love between a human and a biomechanical duplicate will be written about for years.

The real Junior is pleased to be back home again with his wife, but is still a bit disturbed and offended by her display of affection towards his duplicate.

She tells Junior that the duplicate helped her rediscover her love for her real husband by reminding her what their relationship used to be like.

It was announced in June 2021 that Garth Davis would be directing the film in addition to co-writing with the author of the novel, Iain Reid.

The website's consensus reads: "Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan give it all they've got, but they're ultimately undone by Foe's clunky sci-fi trappings and ponderous attempts to generate psychological thrills.

[14] Luke Goodsell wrote for ABC Arts after its release in Australia: "Oscar nominees Ronan and Mescal are both charismatic, gripping performers, and they give Hen and Junior a rich sense of lived-in love and loathing.