Project Almanac
Project Almanac
PG-13 | 28 January 2015 (USA)
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A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

Reviews
WillSushyMedia

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

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BelSports

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Myron Clemons

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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Edwin

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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pallytruck

To begin with I would add the slight negative; it seems to be a modern thing with films that the dialogue is slightly muffled or sounds like the actors are mumbling. However if you turn up the volume to quite high it is fine. There has been reviews slating this film because of the errors about time travel; however when have we suddenly become experts on the subject when the subject matter Is theoretical and scientists argue the ins and out of it for a living. What I do like to say is this is fiction and films have something called "artistic license". Its equivalent of those people who moan about horror films when characters make silly decisions that end up getting them killed. if they made all these smart decisions that the viewers supposedly would do then they wouldn't end up being killed and there would be no story. The film is well acted the characters are likeable and it holds together well. I enjoyed the plot immensely it was tense and even a bit scary at times. It incorporated a lot of ideas and although not totally unique it still had you guessing as to where the plot was leading. At no point did I feel like there was noticeable plot holes or bad directing. A few people have compared this film to primer which apparently this is a poorer version of. I totally disagree you should definitely watch Almanac instead. Primer was one of the worst films I have ever seen and this is one of the best. I would give it 10 but the dialogue issue is a slight frustration remember to turn the volume down after watching or you will get blown away with what ever you watch next.

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Pjtaylor-96-138044

'Project Almanac (2015)' is so utterly bland, not to mention ultimately forgettable, that you simply can't care about anything happening on-screen. It almost doesn't matter that the film relies so heavily on convention and breaks its own rules a number of times, mostly those relating to its overall presentation rather than its time-travel mechanics, that it becomes nothing more than a time-looped repeat of better films past... almost. There's nothing to draw you in here, not the hackneyed plot or hokey acting or humdrum presentation, and there's no real surprises to keep you interested once you are. You can totally check-out and still understand the purportedly 'complex' plot. 5/10

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mannsteven

I was walking out of the room within 30 minutes of this food om which even for a mediocre film is something I rarely do. Where do I even begin? Ummm well it starts off okay I suppose but then the characters just are the most forgettable stereotypical teens you could find in a teen flick and to top it off kind of hard to like. I mean seriously the idea seems okay on paper but then you find "not so spoiler alert" that they find a time machine with instructions on how to make in their basement so what do these jackasses go and do? They go rob the school of some hydrogen like juvenile delinquents and go grab a random ass Xbox 360 and take it's batteries and it's just cringe from there.By the way it's no wonder to me why the "leader" only got a partial scholarship to MIT, because no one with common sense would do even remotely close to any of the stupid things the main character did. Then it has the stereotypical "get the girl crush" thing that feels outdated as the camera style it is using and after they finally go back in time to "yesterday" I just could not take anymore of the fecal matter that is this movie. The characters are annoying and lack any real depth and seem like poor copy and pasted characters from other better films at best, the premise feels worked to death, the camera work is just awful,and the plot as a whole is paper thin if you want to call it a a plot "Like oohh I found my dad's instructions in how to make a time machine in my parents basement Derp, rather than do something semi-intelligent with it I'll use it to get girls like Brian Griffin from Family Guy". I could almost forgive all that if the movie wasn't taking itself seriously like in the case of Sharknado for example , but it's instead actually trying to cast itself as an intelligent film and that's my biggest problem with it ultimately is it's just comes off as dumb as a bag of hammers.Maybe found footage films are just not for me or something but with the exception of Cloverfield and even it wasn't a perfect film by any means, I've yet to really find any found footage film I've liked. Overall it is nothing but a silly but terribly obnoxious mess of a film and I highly recommend burying it somewhere in the desert.

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bregund

Why would a guy stand there and film his girlfriend as she's pouring out her heart, any other woman in the world would slap the camera out of the guy's hand. Why would anyone film a tender moment between two people during a loud, noisy concert, where they couldn't possibly pick up the peoples' voices over the sound of the music. Why would kids film themselves committing crimes. None of the secondary characters are bothered by being filmed, it's perfectly normal to them. NO. You have to ask before you film people, it's common courtesy. And the dopiest thing of all about this film: oh, my dad built a time machine, uttered as casually as though dad built a bookshelf. They don't react in astonishment, it's just a time machine, no big whoop. Here is a tip if you insist on watching this film: you can safely FF through the music festival, you won't miss anything.

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