Bill Kelly's script adds a graceful touch of the spiritual, but it can't overcome the holes in story logic during Linda's Groundhog Day of a week.
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03/16/07
Premonition (2007)
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Reviews Counted:157
Fresh:12
Rotten:145
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Overdosing on flashbacks, and more portentous than profound, the overly obtuse Premonition weakly echoes such twisty classics as Memento, The Sixth Sense, and Groundhog Day.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: , Death, Psychic Forces, Thriller, Theatrical Release
US Box Office: $47,852,604
Synopsis: Sandra Bullock (CRASH, MISS CONGENIALITY) stars as a housewife troubled by a tragic premonition in Mennan Yapo's thriller. Linda Hanson's life revolves around her beloved daughters (Shyann McClure... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Amber Valletta
Director: Mennan Yapo
Reviews for Premonition
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The problem here is not so much that there's no explanation for what's happening to her as that the filmmakers haven't figured out what to do about it.
03/16/07
Premonition has its merits, as a film about the need to love one's spouse today, for you never know what tomorrow will bring.
03/16/07
tries diligently to blow your mind and leaves you shaking your head instead. ...What happens when a promising screenplay degenerates into total incoherence? To quote the Magic 8 Ball, 'outlook not so good.'
03/16/07
you’re more likely to be checking your watch to see when it’s finally over. And that’s one premonition that won’t set you back $8.50.
03/16/07
Here's a Premonition for you: This ill-conceived thriller isn't going to do anything for Sandra Bullock's career.
03/16/07
so full of logic flaws, continuity errors... it's amazing the screenwriter or director couldn't foresee the train wreck of a film it becomes
03/16/07
As Wednesday morphs into Tuesday, flips over to Friday and moseys back to Monday, the audience suffers moderate confusion and mild annoyance at Bullock's failure to address her condition in any meaningful way.
03/16/07
One of the film’s weak links is the casting of Sandra Bullock. ... For a woman who has supposedly lost her husband, she displays very little emotion.
03/15/07
Yes, in the end Premonition slips through our fingers, but by gum, it's interesting, and one of the most abstract mainstream releases I've seen in a long time.
03/15/07
"I don't know what to fight for," a tortured Bullock tells her local priest. My suggestion would be better scripts. A couple more like this one and I can see "Speed 3" on the horizon!
03/15/07
It may be the first time you ever find yourself as confused as a contestant on Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader.
03/15/07
A lethargic thriller that appears to just give up several times over, even foregoing the twist ending it seems destined for.
03/15/07
Screenwriter Bill Kelly has some wild ideas for this mental time bomb, but he has problems organizing the thrills and the chills in the correct order for maximum unease.
03/15/07
One reality Bullock unfortunately can't change is the ineluctable trudge toward the appallingly boneheaded ending.
03/15/07
Its biggest failing — and the ultimate one for a lightweight entertainment such as this — is that it's a deadly bore from start to finish. Even more annoying is its blind-alley structure resulting in an unsatisfying mind game for the audience.
03/15/07
Top CriticThe picture can't decide between cheap scares or deep thoughts, so it goes for both.
03/15/07
answers most of its mysteries, even if the resolutions are disappointingly vague
03/15/07
You know those 'In a world where...' movie trailers? Well, Premonition's would start out: 'In a world where no one has ever seen Groundhog Day...'
03/15/07
This is a much dumber movie than The Lake House. In fact, the script is an ungainly mess and ultimately a shaggy-dog story.
03/15/07
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