Such a frustrating disappointment

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

(That's a message to the writers.)It's not blowing anything to say this is basically an attempt at a dark version of the same concept from Ground Hog Day. That's all contained in the synopsis and the pre-release blerb.Or, if you want some serious physics: its a portrayal of the effects of Closed Timelike Curves - an Einsteinian concept.But let's face it, it's a simple, childhood daydream, and therefore an archetypal idea: what if the same day repeated ad-infinitum?I used to dismiss Ground Hog Day as a slightly better than average Hollywood comedy, though my love for Bill Murray has grown and grown over the years (The Life Aquatic is now a film I proudly own).But the more I have gone back and looked at Ground Hog Day, the more it has improved. It really is quite a good, philosophical treatment of the conundrum the protagonist faces, and the way he deals with it is believable. And it manages to be inspiring, and cunningly the writers have left the ending open: you can interpret it in some kind of religious/spiritual ooga-booga way, or you can take it that it's just the result of the protagonist's careful planning - he had time to think the whole thing right through, after all.And this brings us to the issue with Repeaters. Writing.It starts strong and involves the audience. And the 'problems' are introduced rather nicely ...Then it collapses.Not completely, but it takes a fairly bad hit and kind of limps on after:We depart on the loop train with the feeling we are bound for Thrilling Dark Cleverness. Instead, we find ourselves passing endlessly through Mediocrity, Writing Needs Work, and Lost Our Whiteboard, again and again.Several things irritated me - characters being pussies when they should have charged into the fray (and would have, if they'd had all the time in the world to map out the consequences; there are a LOT of things I would have added, or treated differently) - lack of intellectual support (plot could have been quite ingenious, but ended up not: this is a puzzle-trap after all) - and a really stupid plot-hole, introduced by the writers finally trying to be CLEVER (and instead delivering messed up, gluggy short-hand that garbles the message), that has been the subject of great debate on the IMDb forums.But, having said all that, what about enjoyment? Would I recommend you rent this?Hell yes. Take it for a spin.Or a loop.

I was so surprised at how good this movie was. After seeing the trailer, and recognizing that it isn't a popular film and also has a lower rating on IMDb, I wasn't expecting anything great. However, after sitting down to watch the movie (because I was interested in the idea of the plot), I was hooked from the start! It jumps right into the story and is very, very fast paced. If you like a movie with drama, tons of suspense and a hint of science-fiction, this one is definitely for you. The acting wasn't the best I've seen in a movie, but it wasn't horrible by any means either. The movie is presented with very dark colour, which definitely added to the atmosphere of the film.Overall, 7/10. Idea? Great. Film? Great. Acting? So-so. Ending? Not sure how to feel yet. You just need to watch it to find out.

Repeaters is a familiar idea - get to replay days over & over until you get it right. But I liked this one as there is an interesting take on how different people see this gift/curse differently. Makes you think what would I do with a second chance? Even though the theme is basically the same as Groundhog Day that's where the comparison ends. Best moment - girl tight ropes on a bridge - pretty tense. Worst moment - when Mike goes over the edge at the end (pretty predictable). Actually if you are interested in this theme read REplay by Ken Grimwood - a new slant on the theme - much better than this movie. (Or Stephen King's 11/22/63) DonB

A Canadian flick that repeats Groundhog Day, but just not as well. It doesn't have the same ethos as Groundhog, it doesn't show the progression of effect that repeating the same day over and over for days, months, perhaps even years that Ground does. Minor Spoiler ensues...In fact, the characters in repeaters set in their new patterns almost immediately -- perhaps in two or three days. It really makes it seem unlikely that goodness emerges so quickly. In Groundhog Day, we get the sense that months and maybe years pass by before real change occurs. This rings more truly in my mind than the almost immediate change in the Repeaters. At the end of Repeaters, there's some relief, but no joy as in Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is a 10. Repeaters is a 5.