A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. To be honest, the first time around, I thought that it was one hell of a overhyped movie. Don't misunderstand me, I thought it was a decent fantastic thriller but not nearly as good as many viewers seemed to think. The point is that there was an interesting time-traveling concept behind the whole thing but that was exactly the issue here. When most of the fans would argue that this concept was really awesome, to me, it barely made sense with some huge plot holes. However, the second time around, I have to admit that the concept was actually more interesting than I remembered and it was actually neat that the final solution was for the main character to actually give up on the love of his life. I was actually more bothered by the first scenes involving Evan as a young kid and as a teenager as these scenes were terribly clunky. However, it did start to work much better as soon as Ashton Kutcher got involved. Indeed, it was quite interesting to see Kutcher in something different than his usual comedies and he did a really decent job. Seriously, it remains by far his best movie and it is actually rather surprising that he never tried something else in this genre since it might be the only well regarded picture he has made so far but that's his loss, I guess. Concerning Amy Smart, I think it was the first movie I saw with her and I thought she was quite charming but her career never really took off and she always remained a B star. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is actually an entertaining mind-f*ck and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


7/10