I had such high hopes for this movie, but it was just bad. Not even so bad you could laugh at it. Just painfully bad. If I weren't an optimist who sincerely believed the movie would get better and worthwhile, I would have walked out.
The technique of running parts of the film backwards wasn't novel or inventive, it was done for such long stretches that it became trite and annoying. And ten minutes into the film, I was already tired of getting "the look" from James Van Der Beek. For some reason the director insisted on having what felt like at least five dozen shots that consist of a close-up of JVDB with his head tilted down slightly glowering at you under his crazy eyebrows.
The only funny part was Fred Savage's cameo. Eric Stoltz, as much as I love him, was so creepy I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. Shannyn Sossaman did better than I expected and Ian Somerhalder was pretty good, but otherwise it was bad bad bad.
Do yourself a favor. Skip this piece of self-indulgent pseudo-intellectual trash.
The technique of running parts of the film backwards wasn't novel or inventive, it was done for such long stretches that it became trite and annoying. And ten minutes into the film, I was already tired of getting "the look" from James Van Der Beek. For some reason the director insisted on having what felt like at least five dozen shots that consist of a close-up of JVDB with his head tilted down slightly glowering at you under his crazy eyebrows.
The only funny part was Fred Savage's cameo. Eric Stoltz, as much as I love him, was so creepy I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. Shannyn Sossaman did better than I expected and Ian Somerhalder was pretty good, but otherwise it was bad bad bad.
Do yourself a favor. Skip this piece of self-indulgent pseudo-intellectual trash.
