This movie is not that great...

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2004)

First off, the is only slightly entertaining, but that is about all it is good for. The profound meaning that everybody keeps talking about, that everything in the past can affect the present (or future)... who cares? Time travel is impossible. What's done is done. Second, this is not an original idea at all. The Simpsons Halloween Special IV has an episode featuring Homer traveling through time and everything he does has an adverse affect, finally he settles with something that is close to how things were. Other movies such as Donnie Darko also use this idea, but Donnie Darko was a much better film. Thirdly, the film had too many flaws, the fact that he was so confused after his first time travel despite the fact the film showed his new memories being created. He would have known how he got there, and he was not confused the second, third, etc. time that he traveled through time. Also, the fact that he was still in prison after the stigmata holes. The dog burning? That was completely unnecessary, it really showed nothing and was just cruel. The movie would have been infinitely better had it turned out that Evan truly could not travel through time as the doctor tells him when he demands his journals, that would be an unexpected ending, and made the movie less cheesy. I do not see what the hype is about, the movie is good for entertainment purposes only, and it even falters in that. 3.5 stars (out of 10).