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User Reviews for: Primer

MovieP4nda
8/10  8 years ago
Great movie and possibly the best time traveling movie ever. I will admit that after the first watch I was pretty stumped. I mean I pretty much lost it completely about half way in.

That alone is so refreshing. You never see that in movies ever. That you actually have to think and use your brain a bit to understand what's going on. My excuse for not getting it the first time round is that I really wasn't expecting it. It took me very off guard. And that says a lot of how movies usually are; very spoonfeeding and overly simplified to the point where you can almost sleep through it and still get it. If there even was anything to "get" in the first place.

I'm just saying that this movie made me look at other movies differently, and wish that they were more intelligent. That's how unique it is. It really leaves a mark on the mind, and makes you think stuff like that.

Anyway this was a refreshing change of pace, and it's definitely a movie that requires several spins to get full effect. Unless you're really prepared for it, which I seriously doubt is possible without reading some instructions on the internet (which would ruin your first watch of the movie).
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CinemaSerf
/10  2 months ago
This has quite a clever concept - a group of four engineering friends are building a prototype piece of equipment. "Abe" (David Sullivan) discovers - accidentally - when testing it, that is has positively game-changing potential and confides his secret in his colleague "Aaron" (Shane Carruth). Rather than share this invention between the group, the two decide to relocate their gadget and use it to exploit the stock markets and make themselves rich. It demonstrates quite well, the conflicting values and morals that this sort of limitless opportunity might present if given to any one of us - but the characterisations are way too one-dimensional. The dialogue is relentless, and after a while you just want them to stop talking and get on with it. It's short - and does require a bit of concentration to get anything out of it - but more, I found, as a source of an ethical conversation about "what if?" than about anything to do with this piece of drama, itself.
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JN2012
/10  2 months ago
Brilliant concept, yet so-so execution which would have been helped by a higher budget. However, this is a brilliant attempt at creating a time travel film with next to no money. While the film has its faults, the performances and dialogue are great and I love that it doesn’t expect its audience to be dumb; by the way, when I say that… I mean it. This is maybe the most confusing film of all time.
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