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A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

I watched this movie because I am interested in the concept of stopping time but unfortunately, the only other movie I know of exploring this concept is cashback. Wanting to see something with actors who had an American accent however, I picked up this movie to watch. When finished, I found myself saying "Meh, could have been better." Still, I wanted to see what others thought of the movie and jumped onto IMDb and having disagreed with their reviews, I found myself writing this one.So, if you're on the fence about whether or not watch this film, I would say it has a few plot problems, actors were good and believable but could have been better, and the overall movie was emotional and very slow moving. I would also tell you that you won't want to watch it more than once and you won't want to watch this if you want things explained or want a fairy tale ending (despite it's somewhat sci-fi-esque premise).Personally, I didn't set any expectations before watching the film and to me, the movie was slow. Though it was done purposely to convey a message and to accentuate the general tone of the movie, I would argue that there were just too many occasions that I thought, "Come on... hurry up." I know it was just trying to communicate the same message in different ways (probably on the notion that different viewers would receive the same message best in a different way) but I got restless at times.Speaking of communication, the plot is not spoon-fed to you and you will be guessing from time to time with hit-or-miss results. In some places it is a good thing because you think "Oooo... I wonder what they'll do next!" You might get disappointed with the result though... Otherwise, there are a few plot holes that go unexplained. It's fine but at some point, you just need (or want) a little bit more.Which brings me to my next critique, the acting. The actors were likable and for the first 80% of the movie and you really sympathize with the main protagonists but you just wanted to continue liking them and believing them that little 20% more. Don't get me wrong, they were believable and well-developed. Tragedy, loss... it's not unusual for the characters to have done what they did and coped in the way that they did. What I am trying to say though is that your perceptions of the characters will probably change however, but another possibility is that you will disregard their actions that do not fall in line with your preexisting bias. If you read some of the other reviews this comes out pretty clearly. Regardless of your opinion, there will be scenes where the actors slip or just do something that takes you out of the magic and ambiance of the movie entirely.Overall, I would say the movie was good. You won't want to watch it more than once, but not watching it might be a mistake. It will not be raunchy or perverse or action-packed like what you may expect but bear in mind it's a movie that explores the "Hey, what if..." concept in reality. So will you like this movie? If you don't like movies without fairy tale endings, probably not. Even if you like movies that allow you to think for yourself though, I believe you will finish this movie still craving something more.

Well, first off seeing that the writer / producer (director?) of the film took the time to answer someone's post here about stopping time, I can see that they clearly are taking a real interest in what people are saying, which is great. First and foremost, this was an excellent idea! Overall, the mood, feel, and direction, not to mention the acting (which I would expect to suffer in a film like this) was of high caliber and well handled, except... And here comes the painful part and I will try very hard not to give away anything too specific in discussing this. Guys... the turn the film took when he went into the other guy's house... Come ON now!!??? For Goodness sake...! Talk about taking a truly beautiful concept that was handled in a totally lovely way and then about 3/4 the way through completely destroying it. I'm sorry guys, really...Okay... I think I'm gonna hafta mark spoilers here to make my point...***** SPOILERS AHEAD ***** All right, you have this delightful, tender, gentle, poignant, touching, moving story going (I think you get my point) and then what you do when he goes into the guys house is SUCH a total dead end, so TOTALLY unnecessary and COMPLETELY divergent from the entire mood and direction of the film that you had taken ALL this time to set up beforehand! I mean, our sympathies are completely with the guy and you worked it quite BEAUTIFULLY up to there. So, I'm thinking, 'Ah, I bet I know what's gonna happen; he's gonna go inside this guy's house and find out that he is like a serial killer or something like that and THEN he will hafta figure out a way to warn her and you have all this GREAT excitement and THRILLING stuff they go through, and then they end up at least as friends together or whatever in this wondrous new world of theirs.' *** END SPOILERS ***Uh... No... that WOULD have been awesome! To me, THAT would have been a perfect and satisfying way to resolve the story; the audience would have come away feeling like 'Wow, what a great idea and a lovely film!' WHY oh WHY on Earth did you take it in that direction and just have it turn into this, forgive me, stupid ending with him just coming across now as some kind of idiot weirdo. Really...? Your ENTIRE ending rests completely on a TOTALLY unintentional, almost comical ACCIDENT...??!!! And that is what you based that whole last part of the film on...??? GEEZ guys, I cannot even BEGIN to express how disappointing that was. I honestly think that in doing that with the story, it really left you feeling COMPLETELY empty and like, 'Oh, that's it...?' So, for me personally, that destroyed, torched, and ruined the whole thing. It made the difference between keeping the film and tossing it. I'm really sorry, I truly do not mean to be unkind, but I want you to KNOW how passionately I feel about this. I have seen I don't know thousands and thousands of films and I honestly cannot think of another movie off hand that built the first 3/4 so beautifully and then threw it away senselessly like that, Not one...I would LOVE to know why the Makers of this film took the story in that particular direction when you seemed to be pointing everyone in a much different one. I mean it was so tender and touching the way he was trying to help her and reach out to her and connect with her, etc. It just doesn't make ANY sense at all, it truly doesn't. It is quite frustrating when you think of how much BETTER the story could have turned out... That is why I only gave the film a 5 because of the direction it took and the ending; otherwise I think I would have given it at least an 8 or more...

I gave this movie an extra star simply for having the guts to avoid any simple explanation of why (or if) a camcorder can stop time. As some other reviewers have pointed out, the camcorder is not really critical to the plot, except in the way that it reflects the yearning and distress of the lead character. My own guess is...no, it didn't stop time. It wouldn't make a substantial difference if it actually did.Unlike some reviewers, I did not find this film to be at all boring, or even slow-paced. It progresses with its own rhythm based on the process of grieving.I also found a lot of reasons to be sympathetic to the two survivors. (I'm about the same age as the main character and I lost my wife two years ago.) The portrayal of the depth of his loss, and the loss of a sense of direction and purpose is accurate. (I simply had to move out of our house after my wife died. I didn't move to an abandoned hospital, but I do understand how that could make perfect sense to someone.) The FX are quite good, though not anything groundbreaking. A couple scenes, particularly ones with the tennis balls, are not very good, but they are acceptable in an indie flick like this.Overall, I enjoyed it. The filmmakers exhibited a lot of restraint and left much unsaid.

I just finished watching this movie, and I don't want to make it sound like I had an epiphany or anything, but I had a few moments of thoughts about it which changed the way I looked at this movie.On the surface this movie sounds like a Sci-Fi thriller of some sort a la "Deja-vu", and those who approach it as such will be very disappointed. You can not get wrapped up in the "science" of the movie, and I thought in a way the writer/director etc. dealt with that by omitting to even attempt at some lame explanation of how and why this man or the camera was able to stop time. Because guess what? It is not possible! ;-)You have to look at this movie the same way you look and at abstract painting. If you are looking at a portrait painted by a cubist painter, you are not going to say "What the hell? That does not look like any person I know!" You have to accept it as an interpretation of reality. The whole stoppage of time is a tool used to demonstrate the characters descent into his obsession with Sarah and the subsequent actions.Having said all this, this movie is by no means a masterpiece. But if you approach it knowing that it is not your regular sci-fi flick, you may give it more of a chance and not be disappointed by it. I thought the acting was pretty good (specially from actors that were not familiar to me). The story line and specially the ending leaves a lot to be desired, but it was still worth watching. The plot basically seemed to have grown out of perhaps a short story (in fact I wrote something similar when I was in high school) and was not properly nourished and matured. Perhaps in the hands of a better writer, it could have been much better...