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Title: had promise but goes pfffttt.
Review: Well, I just saw what everyone was saying should win the Oscar for best picture. I thought it was going that way for the first twenty minutes or so of the film. It sure did keep me wondering and riveted. However, like a lot of movies tackling complex themes and ideas, it had to resort to a trainwreck of an ending...Suddenly, from suspense to psychological, it takes a turn for the philosophical. It's not as bad as Vanilla Sky, but you get the feeling they're in the same new genre--the I-Can-Do-Anything-With-This-Movie-And-Come-Out-Original genre. I had more questions than answers after the movie ended which that explanation just didn't solve. Too bad, I really wanted to like it...go watch Insomnia for real psychological suspense and thrills--no, not the remake from Memento's director, Christopher Nolan, but the original by Erik Skjoldbjaerg. (Now, let's see short term memory deal with that name.)
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