Not sure why others are giving glowing reviews it but didn't work for me.
I watched this because of Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell a couple of brilliant actors only to discover they weren't in most of the movie. Haley Joel Osmet is not a lead actor and failed in this. Why he can't do facial expressions is beyond me, but he is totally out of his league. I keep thinking he would make a good lego piece. He just doesn't have the movements or expressions to carry a movie. The interaction between him and his girlfriend just felt creepy and she didn't look like she wanted to be there. Although her acting ability outshone his. The writing felt lazy and this was more of a drama than a sci-fi. I lost count of the number of times that desks were swept off in anger (or something that was supposed to be in anger) that just didn't work. And there was too much melodrama that didn't add to the story and was just boring. With more intelligent writing and a story that didn't feel like a drawn out Twilight zone (but less interesting), more about actual time travel, and this was really light, a better actor than HJO, it might have been enjoyable. It wasn't.
I watched this because of Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell a couple of brilliant actors only to discover they weren't in most of the movie. Haley Joel Osmet is not a lead actor and failed in this. Why he can't do facial expressions is beyond me, but he is totally out of his league. I keep thinking he would make a good lego piece. He just doesn't have the movements or expressions to carry a movie. The interaction between him and his girlfriend just felt creepy and she didn't look like she wanted to be there. Although her acting ability outshone his. The writing felt lazy and this was more of a drama than a sci-fi. I lost count of the number of times that desks were swept off in anger (or something that was supposed to be in anger) that just didn't work. And there was too much melodrama that didn't add to the story and was just boring. With more intelligent writing and a story that didn't feel like a drawn out Twilight zone (but less interesting), more about actual time travel, and this was really light, a better actor than HJO, it might have been enjoyable. It wasn't.