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good back-story, and good acting

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

What a weird movie. And that is not just because of the time line, but because of the main character and his .. well way to "freedom" I guess. It really is messy and I'm not just talking about his "future" self, that seems to have gone a different path than his former self. And we do jump back and forth, which makes the movie more interesting. I imagine having our main character be in one mindset for a longer period of time - that might have taken some of the tension out of the movie and make it boring (dare I say?).The central performance is amazing. Also DJ Qualls really surprised me, being quite humorless and just being as serious as possible. In a good way that is, in case I wasn't clear. And that is what makes the movie really enticing, but you really have to have patience ...

I watched this movie not knowing what I was getting into at all. I had seen the trailer and I mainly just decided to watch it because I stumbled upon it and seeing Rami Malek as the lead made me excited.First of all I was very intrigued by the cinematography and the minimalistic setup of the otherwise pretty complex plot. I found the balance between the 3 timelines working very well with the flow of the film. I was surprised when I had to pause at one point and realized I was already half through, feeling like I had only just started it!It uses the same kinds of twists as seen before in works like The Matrix, Fight Club and American Psycho and Malek's performance is fairly parallel to what is seen in another of his leads, in Mr Robot. I do, however, think that these parallels work in favor of the movie.It also comes with Biblical parallels which I found very interesting. Where I think it faulted was when it at times became a bit too obvious for me. I would have liked it to be a little more subtle with the Bible references which is mainly what docked it from a perfect score for me.

I think if you look at the film as being similar to a long, deep episode of The Twilight Zone, you'll get it.Jonah is a graveyard (sad pun) shift concierge in a crappy, dead-end hotel in a crappy, dead-end town. He and his wife Marty and toddler daughter Roxy (adorable Sukha Belle Potter) live with Marty's parents in order to save money for a better life. Marty's mother is a shrill harpy and her father is silent. There is a subtle hint at one point that perhaps Roxy is not Jonah's biological daughter, which armchair geneticists will notice right away when they see her chocolate brown eyes yet her parents both have blue.Jonah tries to stay awake while working his night shifts and watching his daughter during the day, and it's never clear when he sleeps. How much of what happens to him is real, and how much is a sleep deprivation-fueled hallucination? There are more easy-to-miss hints in the soundtrack of the movie; listen for static noises that indicate something's not quite right in Jonah's world.Religious allusions are rampant. Obvious are the name Jonah and being "in the belly of the whale," and also the frogs that appear to rain from the sky. Look, too, for a shot where a heavily bearded Buster lies in a bathtub, arms spread wide, looking for all the world like a picture of The Crucifixion. Finally, at the end there is a cave scene that recalls the tomb of Jesus on Easter morning -- is he there or is he not? What can we believe?

This film is more than just a film. It is an experience, and it has you from start to finish in its seemingly quiet way. Then it comes to you in your dreams too, in your conversations about it, and your will for others to see it too. The characters, the world, the scenarios, all bring to light a new perspective. I loved the storytelling and it's fresh, funny, and dramatic.I often find that I am not so moved by newer films, that they aren't succeeding in providing me with new insight or actual cinema or unique stories. I have no issue with walking out and never needing to look back. This is a movie I want to see again. And I will find new revelations there.I wish many more films would aspire to this, which succeeds in what it does.