Not Impressed

Rating: 1/10 (8 July 2014)

I'm honestly not sure how this film has had such good reviews. I found many issues with it and I wanted my money back by the end.
First off, the characters aren't likable. At all. Every character had a lack of emotion that is essential for audiences to enjoy watching them. Cage was annoying and Rita just seemed angry. They didn't seem like actual people.
Second off, there is almost no explanation of what is going on. The mystery that I think they are going for is taken too far. It took way too long for them to even show what a "mimic" is, let alone explain ANYTHING about it. There is almost no back story for any of the characters and I, as a viewer, found this very frustrating.
Thirdly, the humor wasn't funny. I think that they tried to make Tom Cruise's character somewhat likable with a few jokes here and there but they really weren't successful. They were misplaced and tasteless. I really didn't find the one guy fighting naked very funny. Come on.
Most importantly, IT WAS SOOOOOOOO REPETITIOUS!!! I understand that he kept going back in time and it would have been a decent story line had I not been forced to watch the same scene over and over again. The first few times it repeated I thought it was okay, but I don't need to see Tom Cruise get yelled at repeatedly or fight machinery and fail repeatedly. It was supposed to further the storyline in a unique way, but instead made me very annoyed. The repetition made a story that had potential to be interesting, be incredibly boring.
The redeeming quality is that Tom Cruise did okay with what he was given. It just wasn't enough to win me over.
Ultimately, this film is not worth sitting through. It is slow, uninteresting and unlikable. No thank you.