I came across this movie on the internet because everybody keep saying it's one of the most overlooked movies ever, a modern masterpiece, so maybe I had too high expectations.
Anyway this works great as a nice mind-bender movie because you have to figure out what is happening, and the confusion is done in an interesting and intricated way. But after you solve the puzzle there is actually nothing much left to think about:
(heavy spoilers from here) the plot is basically that she is in hell and is receiving a punishment for not keeping the promise she made with death to return (just like the myth of sisyphus, son of aeolus cied in the movie). During the course of her main loop she will sees herself mistreating her son, and I assume this constitutes one of the reasons she'll eventually end up in hell instead of heaven after she dies in the crash.
This is the deepest the movie goes, but I don't think I'll love a movie just for saying "she mistreated her son so she goes in hell" in a single scene of a couple of minutes, it seems a pretty simple and too little explored idea during the movie. Is there another point other than this that I didn't get?
Anyway if you love mind-benders where you have to figure out the plot this is your jam, but if you're looking for a more psycological kind or thriller like Shutter Island or Fight Club you might end up getting disappointed
Anyway this works great as a nice mind-bender movie because you have to figure out what is happening, and the confusion is done in an interesting and intricated way. But after you solve the puzzle there is actually nothing much left to think about:
(heavy spoilers from here) the plot is basically that she is in hell and is receiving a punishment for not keeping the promise she made with death to return (just like the myth of sisyphus, son of aeolus cied in the movie). During the course of her main loop she will sees herself mistreating her son, and I assume this constitutes one of the reasons she'll eventually end up in hell instead of heaven after she dies in the crash.
This is the deepest the movie goes, but I don't think I'll love a movie just for saying "she mistreated her son so she goes in hell" in a single scene of a couple of minutes, it seems a pretty simple and too little explored idea during the movie. Is there another point other than this that I didn't get?
Anyway if you love mind-benders where you have to figure out the plot this is your jam, but if you're looking for a more psycological kind or thriller like Shutter Island or Fight Club you might end up getting disappointed
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