POSITIVES…
This ambitiously, imaginative, mysterious premise and plot, is probably gonna make you curious enough to want to see how it plays out.
As our audience surrogate to the conceptually weird situations we see in this movie, Owen Wilson plays an excellent sympathetic character of Greg.
Salma Hayek is just a ball of manic energy as Isabel, that will continually keep you on your toes.
The fantastical bits are pretty fun to see.
Tonally puts you on a loop, in that it has this constant despairing mood where you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Brings up some ideologies and commentaries that are absolutely worth thinking about.
Heartbreaking.
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NEGATIVES…
I gotta say, the opening 10 minutes starts off by making me contemplate if I should just stop watching.
There's a nonsensical element to the plot that might feel frustrating to watch.
While it is a uniquely told genre story, there are elements of familiarity and predictability to some of the plot reveals.
It's obnoxiously manipulative at times
Simply cheats with certain plot turns when it's convenient.
Some people will hate how this story concludes.
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