Welcome back to another edition of Adam's Reviews
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Today's movie review is the supernatural thriller Premonition (2007) staring the sensational Sandra Bullock who plays Linda Hanson, a mother of two and a wife to Jim. Now Linda and Jim's marriage is faltering and while he is away on a business trip, Linda has just listened to a phone message of a discussion they had, which Linda doesn't remember. Soon Linda gets a visit from a Sheriff who informs her that Jim died in a car accident the previous day. Linda is in denial and is trying to understand what has happened and after trying to console her daughters with the help of her mother, she falls asleep on the living-room couch and the next morning Linda wakes up in bed and goes downstairs to find Jim drinking coffee and watching TV!!! So is he alive? Is she dreaming? Is she in purgatory?? The random unfolding of different days with different realities becomes a whodunit/where are we? Now this instantly engaged me and I was invested in trying to unravel what's real and what isn't? Is she really crazy and you find out all of it has been in her mind? The clues of each day start to add up and you begin to be able to track which days are when. The concept of this film was an interesting concept but the filmmakers failed to really deliver on its ideas. The movie started off really intriguing however it ended up being a disappointing affair. The ending was flat, the characters throughout the movie didn't have much to do including the therapist, especially the tone of the therapist, at first it seemed he was a villain or just angry person who wants to find out the truth just like us however the movie diverted from that subplot. The film isn't awful, but it's one that is fairly mediocre and never reaches its full potential. I really expected something more out of the film and it never becomes fully fleshed out. The end result is unimpressive and it leaves a lot to be desired. Premonition really could have been a standout feature, but it just lacks anything remarkable and anything creative. The movie seems to be edited in a way where those subplot scenes were scratched out from the final theatrical cut. Overall the film wastes its potential and the opportunities to be a standout which is a shame, 5/10.
Today's movie review is the supernatural thriller Premonition (2007) staring the sensational Sandra Bullock who plays Linda Hanson, a mother of two and a wife to Jim. Now Linda and Jim's marriage is faltering and while he is away on a business trip, Linda has just listened to a phone message of a discussion they had, which Linda doesn't remember. Soon Linda gets a visit from a Sheriff who informs her that Jim died in a car accident the previous day. Linda is in denial and is trying to understand what has happened and after trying to console her daughters with the help of her mother, she falls asleep on the living-room couch and the next morning Linda wakes up in bed and goes downstairs to find Jim drinking coffee and watching TV!!! So is he alive? Is she dreaming? Is she in purgatory?? The random unfolding of different days with different realities becomes a whodunit/where are we? Now this instantly engaged me and I was invested in trying to unravel what's real and what isn't? Is she really crazy and you find out all of it has been in her mind? The clues of each day start to add up and you begin to be able to track which days are when. The concept of this film was an interesting concept but the filmmakers failed to really deliver on its ideas. The movie started off really intriguing however it ended up being a disappointing affair. The ending was flat, the characters throughout the movie didn't have much to do including the therapist, especially the tone of the therapist, at first it seemed he was a villain or just angry person who wants to find out the truth just like us however the movie diverted from that subplot. The film isn't awful, but it's one that is fairly mediocre and never reaches its full potential. I really expected something more out of the film and it never becomes fully fleshed out. The end result is unimpressive and it leaves a lot to be desired. Premonition really could have been a standout feature, but it just lacks anything remarkable and anything creative. The movie seems to be edited in a way where those subplot scenes were scratched out from the final theatrical cut. Overall the film wastes its potential and the opportunities to be a standout which is a shame, 5/10.