A mind game of constant convolution with sub par action and no climax for an all star cast with monotonic dialogue

Rating: 4/10 (15 January 2017)

Such wasted potential, what was Denis Villeneuve thinking?! I'm a huge fan of his movies - Prisoners, Incendies and my top 10 of all time fav, Sicario.
But this? "Should I make a sci-fi movie about aliens making contact, or should I make a movie about a woman that can see into the future? Hey, how about I combine the two, to mess with the audience lol?!"
Seriously, each of these two components would have each made for a brilliant movie, but combining the two was just too convoluted, and in my opinion, a joke.
How can all these other reviewers call this brilliant? It was a mind game of constant convolution with sub par action, all star cast with monotonic dialogue that bores the viewer.
The entire cast was lacking in any adrenaline, and instead acted as if the coffee machine was down throughout the entire filming and they were struggling to act. Very monotonic and too slow paced. There is zero climax in this film to the point where I was borderline ready to fall asleep.
Sure the visuals 'at times' where stunning, and the score was appropriate, but everything else flopped in my opinion.
And the back and forth between the flashbacks/flashforwards was very tiring with 'way' too many plot holes. For example, if you know you will give birth to your daughter that will die (because you can see the future), and lose your husband over it (who happens to be a top scientist), don't have a child, and stay married, so these two genius can prepare the rest of mankind for the future 3000 year alien rendezvous that will occur.
That seems much more 'brilliant' than any other aspect in this film, and had that been the case, then maybe it would in fact have been a brilliant film. If you want to see a truly brilliant sci-fi movie, watch Interstellar.