Doesn't go anywhere

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2009)

I had been quite excited at the idea behind this movie. The first hour was quite interesting, and yet one of the major flaws I had with this film became apparent: No matter how old he looks or how old he really is, he seems like the same character.
No one in the film really seemed to undergo changes. For some reason his relationship made me think of Forest Gump and his Jenny, but it was no where near as deep as Gump's relationship.
No one made a big deal about a man who is aging backwards. The film could have just been about the life of any normal man. There was no real feeling of magic about his reverse aging. No real sense that it made any difference to the film. I had to think about how old his body would be and how old his mind would be because it wasn't often obvious.
Overall this film far underachieved in my eyes in all ways, acting, story, feelings evoked and lingering impression.