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At night and on weekends, four men in a suburban garage have built a cottage industry of error-checking devices. But, they know that there is something more. There is some idea, some mechanism, some accidental side effect that is standing between them and a pure leap of innovation. And so, through trial and error they are building the device that is missing most. However, two of these men find the device and immediately realize that it is too valuable to market. The limit of their trust in each other is strained when they are faced with the question, "If you always want what you can't have, what do you want when you can have anything?" (official distributor synopsis)
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A decent low-budget time-travel flick. Carruth offers an irresistible thought – what if we manage to put together a time machine in the garage – in para-documentary style. Technical explanatory passages, debates about the budget, the first experiment, trying to get rich. Everything seems realistic and focuses on the details. No trick shots; just old-school filmmaking. The ending is very meticulous and even concise, making it even more disturbing.
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It's definitely one of the most intriguing sci-fi films made in the previous decade. Both in story and in form. Unfortunately, I don't think it will have the right effect on a lot of viewers. I've experienced the same, and I simply didn't enjoy the movie; rather, I endured it. There are ideas here, but the delivery is hard to digest.
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It surprised me how long this film managed to resonate with me, even though about two-thirds of the way through I lost track of what was going on. After visiting several fan sites, I finally have to admit that it does make sense, although in my opinion it was not possible to entirely break away from all of the time paradox lapses. I have to give credit to Shane Carruth for being able to write this type of script (you can tell that he was originally a technical engineer and mathematician), and I have to recommend the film as one of the most remarkable and thought-provoking contributions to the time travel genre, which is well-directed and contains good performances for a cheap independent debut. On the other hand, I fully understand why his deliberately uncertain, not very explanatory and exclusively hinting narrative structure isn't ideal for many people.
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I understand that the filmmakers are begging for an attentive viewer, but that still doesn't change the fact that the direction is far behind the script. It’s great for a low-cost film, but a little more pro-audience attitude wouldn't hurt. 3 ½.
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