Intriguing

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2006)

The movie appeals more to a younger audience because so much of it is based on rebellion. The stupid principal, the stupid teacher, the stupid Patrick Swayze, the stupid parents (the mother and father listening to extreme gross language at the dinner table), all this is what would appeal to people who do not yet know who they are and don't want older people to have any say in it. But, the idea of a guy who was so self-absorbed and learned one of the great scientific ideas ever (time travel) and then used it to save the life of his girlfriend, while also juvenile, was nevertheless kind of impressive. Great coincidences (the engine, the wallet), gutsy scenes (under hypnosis near-auto-eroticism) and Jake Guyllenhal is always interesting to watch.