Not enough plot ideas in support of the theme

Rating: 4/10 (21 April 2014)

Brad Pitt has performed many great roles, but to me this isn't one of them. The single idea of a man going backwards in time is rich in possibilities but this story does a poor job of exploiting them.
Instead it offers a very weak version of Forrest Gump with nothing remarkable happening.
For me it was a tortuous experience sitting through this long film with not enough happening to keep me interested to the end. My favourite Brad Pitt film is Twelve Monkeys which is also about time travel but at the other end of the spectrum; Twelve Monkeys having an extremely rich plot.
The most famous character to live backwards in time is Merlin but that aspect hasn't been explored in recent Arthurian renditions.