Review of Mr. Nobody

The movie does explore an intersting idea that in theory could have been very good so I would say it had good potential, but I think it went so far that the narrative ended up as just a big mess. I think they were just too ambitious and sort of over-did it. Had they kept it with good taste maybe we would have been left wanting more, but they split the narrative so much that about halfway through the movie it already starts to get frustrating as it's just scattered all over. I get the message they tried to deliver here so it gets the point across at least, but at the end of the day the movie was really hard to enjoy or relate to because it was too messy, and the ending was just as unclear as everything else, so I feel like they fell into a "can't see the forest for the trees" situation. It was also kind of exhausting, due to being so long while not having a clear storyline that will get you invested enough to enjoy that long time.

I would recommend watching The Butterfly Effect as something that explores a similar concept but without over doing it. Mr. Nobody just feels like they pushed it too much.