Originality Lacking

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2007)

So, after watching this, my initial reaction was "meh". There were two main things that could have been changed to improve the experience: 1) Jim Carey did a fine job, but I think someone may have been more appropriate, and 2) the whole "Oops, I'm the killer / bad guy" plot is wearing thin. To be fair, I have seen a lot of psychological thriller movies so I was doomed to see repeating plots eventually. Off the top of my head I would compare this to Fight Club, The Machinist, and Memento. It's just not interesting anymore. There were a lot of options to take this particular story in a cool new direction, but they were probably banking on a mainstream audience that hasn't reached their saturation point with this plot twist. On the up side, it was well acted and well directed - a decent movie. But it could have been more. Meh.