Good start, but then it gets ruined
... View MoreIt was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
... View MoreThe movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
... View MoreThe biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
... View MoreThis movie had such potential, but it turned out to be just another bore hole. I will never understand where directors and producers think moving forward and backward through time is a good idea. The acting was sub par, the story line was much worse. The movie felt hurried and left the audience with more questions than answers. All in all, I see why the movie grossed 37,000.00There were bad guys and worse guys in the movie, but we learned nothing from them. All we know is that someone wanted a phone returned but the true reason is never revealed. Why the director thought this was a good idea will forever baffle this movie buff.
... View MoreUncertainty is about a young couple of flip a coin to decide what they're going to do with the rest of their day. We, the viewers, are then treated to two different intermingling stories (parallel universes if you like) involving the same couple and showing us what happened along each path.It's kind of like Sliding Doors, but with a bit more action in it. One story involves the couple on the run from dangerous gangsters and the other involves them going home to their family.Now, it could just be me (I prefer the 'action' genre generally), but I found the half of the film dedicated to the couple on the run from the gang to be the far more entertaining of the two, while the story about them confronting issues with their family a little dull.It could just be me. Maybe someone who prefers drama over action would prefer the other one. Either way, everyone plays their part pretty well and there are worse films to watch.
... View MoreJGL on the phone to Chinese gangster. 'We're in the bank on the corner of Canal Street.'2 minutes later Chinese gangster arrives at bank.JGL's girlfriend, Caty, in a panic. 'Oh my God! How'd he find us?'JGL 'I don't know.'That just about sums up the nature of this film. They really didn't think it through very well. Indeed, it leaves you thinking very clearly that they had no script for this. Just 'make it up as you go along guys' seems to be the rule here and, well, it comes across as just made up. JGL is good, as he always is, but the rest of the cast went through the movie in 'actor mode'. There is the ubiquitous scene of families all talking at the same time over dinner; out of focus views of twilight in the Big Apple; and a totally unnecessary sex scene. Sure this was all done on a low budget but so was Napoleon Dynamite. I really cannot think of anything positive to say about this film, even though I would genuinely like to do so. One to be avoided folks.
... View MoreThis film was not confusing at all, but very entertaining and mysterious, in other words I was never bored or bemused when watching it, and Gordon-Levitt/Collins had exceptional chemistry. The shots of Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn were stunning especially in HD and on a large screen. This film was about a young couple who, from what I observed, were at a turning point in their relationship and the events that happened to them were a kind of test. To avoid spoilers all I can tell you is that after you think the film has ended (not when it has) then you'll know what the tests were all about. If you're a young adult with no kids and in a relationship with someone you really love you will definitely be able to relate better to this film. Even if you aren't a young adult in that situation you'll enjoy it. Watch this film but don't try to over analyze it and enjoy it for what it is. Go on the adventure(s).
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