A fine Sci-fi effort that nearly got there

Rating: 5/10 (31 October 2016)

I will say at the outset that this was an interesting distraction, very watchable even if, for me and those who watched it with me, it felt quite slow paced and left too much unanswered. All actors/actresses do a sterling job and visuals/sound both focuses and mostly holds attention; even with the deliberate scene jumps which can be somewhat irritating. The attempt at narrating the various aspects of humanity and their struggle with this scenario is also well appreciated. So all in all I was building to a mighty "well done". However the ultimate outcome for sci-fi fans was a, frankly insulting, slap in the chops with a causal loop. Thus the geeks of the group felt doubly let down. Firstly by the paradox and secondly as they are also now left to deal with the non-geeks who are in a state of complete bewilderment at the entire movie.