Don't think of "Another You" as a time travel film, but rather a very low-budget parallel universe film with a chick flick twist. To say more would be a spoiler, but I think it's important to have proper expectations . The weakest point for me in this movie is a few of the plot points that are not fully explained, and in the case of this film I felt it was a weakness. Had the movie been maybe five minutes longer there could have been a more thorough explanation for some of the stuff that doesn't quite make sense. Also the lead actor who plays the protagonist's boyfriend is not the strongest actor, thankfully he's not in every scene, but anytime he has to show a strong emotion, such as anger, it's just not quite there, it feels hollow and empty. The lead actress is very good though, and I have no complaints about her performance on at all, she carried a fairly difficult role very well.
For the most part I felt it was a decent low budget parallel universe film that plays on our fears and our need for close human relationships. I also like the female perspective, not to say whether or not it's male or female in a movie dictates my movie choices, it doesn't, but I did enjoy it here and I felt it had it been a man in the lead it would have been a very different movie, and would have changed the movie to the point, it would have been a bit more pedestrian, the female angle gave it a bit of a twist on similar stories.
I like the aspect that compares what the character is doing to a drug addiction, and it basically portrays her as junkie. It reminded me a bit of the film Unforgettable from the mid-1990s in that respect. The similarities lie in the character's obsession with the past. I felt the emotional aspects of this movie were very strong, and I did feel very bad for the character and I did understand her pain which is more than I could say for a lot of movies. It explores very well the pain of constantly turning over and over in our minds what we did wrong and how we could change it, sometimes to our own peril.
If you like low budget films, you could do much worse, if you don't like low-budget films I recommend you stay away from this movie. As already stated due to some narrative problems I couldn't in good conscience recommend it to everyone, but fans of low-budget sci films might like it. Especially if you have XX chromosomes.
For the most part I felt it was a decent low budget parallel universe film that plays on our fears and our need for close human relationships. I also like the female perspective, not to say whether or not it's male or female in a movie dictates my movie choices, it doesn't, but I did enjoy it here and I felt it had it been a man in the lead it would have been a very different movie, and would have changed the movie to the point, it would have been a bit more pedestrian, the female angle gave it a bit of a twist on similar stories.
I like the aspect that compares what the character is doing to a drug addiction, and it basically portrays her as junkie. It reminded me a bit of the film Unforgettable from the mid-1990s in that respect. The similarities lie in the character's obsession with the past. I felt the emotional aspects of this movie were very strong, and I did feel very bad for the character and I did understand her pain which is more than I could say for a lot of movies. It explores very well the pain of constantly turning over and over in our minds what we did wrong and how we could change it, sometimes to our own peril.
If you like low budget films, you could do much worse, if you don't like low-budget films I recommend you stay away from this movie. As already stated due to some narrative problems I couldn't in good conscience recommend it to everyone, but fans of low-budget sci films might like it. Especially if you have XX chromosomes.