Review of In the Shadow of the Moon

It's going to be difficult to critique this movie without giving out massive spoilers, but I will try my best. About the most I will reveal is that the plot of the movie revolves around time travel, though I think the majority of viewers will realize that is going on in the first fifteen or so minutes. Anyway, you have to be pretty ingenious to make a time travel story plausible, and while the movie thinks it's pretty smart, it really isn't. As other IMDb users have pointed out, once you have watched the entire movie and learned what is going on and why, it doesn't make sense. It seems to indicate that time travel CAN work and CAN'T work. Not only that, the screenplay also falls far short with the narrative of the obsessed police officer going through the years, not explaining fully how he learned so much between acts. Also, there are glaring plot holes elsewhere, ranging from why the high tech device found in 1988 is never analyzed, why witnesses are not fully questioned after incidents, and also why the time travelling woman needed an airplane. Though I admit that the movie was not boring, the lack of clear and proper explanation prevented me from getting enough enjoyment.