Tedious and convoluted

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2013)

My reviews are not meant for everybody, I have to admit, I have a short attention span and not a lot of patience. I do, however, work in a video store and I have a philosophy degree. For people similar to me, I can be direct and to the point. This movie raises some interesting philosophical questions about the choices we make in life, and the possibilities of roads not taken. Sadly he storyline and screenplay are a mess, and far too many ideas are included. Time travel, science fiction, a possibly-semi-dystopia future. The 141 minutes taken to explore all of these ideas were tedious and painful. The moods were inconsistent, and it feels to me as though it was all poorly realized. By the end, I was not interested in finding out how various potential messes ended.
In some ways, it is reminiscent of the movie Sliding Doors, which I liked but found too limited. There were a few performances that I enjoyed, including Sarah Polly as a mentally ill wife.