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Premonition

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Premonition (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 154

Fresh: 12

Rotten:142

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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some violent content, disturbing images, thematic material and brief language

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Drama, Psychic Forces, Thriller, Death

Theatrical Release: Mar 16, 2007 Wide

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 and Courtney Taylor Burness) and her... 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 and Courtney Taylor Burness) and her husband, Jim (Julian McMahon, CHARMED). The familiar, picture-perfect terrain of her existence is abruptly shattered when she is informed that Jim has died in a gruesome car accident, and Linda spends the rest of the day in shock. When she awakes the next morning to find Jim calmly eating breakfast in the kitchen, however, she is even more disturbed. As the week progresses, Linda wakes up to find Jim alive again or dead again in an increasingly complex pattern that she struggles to make sense of. Linda realizes she's in the midst of a premonition and decides she must try to save Jim, but when she finds out he might have been cheating on her, her resolve is seriously tested. PREMONITION should appeal to fans of Christopher Nolan's MEMENTO and M. Night Shyamalan's THE SIXTH SENSE, as it too presents an intriguing puzzle for the audience to solve. Despite a few plot holes, the film provides an interesting take on the mutability of time. The notion of a mysterious unknown beneath the mundanity of everyday life is attractive, and the exploration of time as twistable--rather than linear--is fascinating. Nia Long (ALFIE) plays Linda's best friend, and Amber Valetta (HITCH) plays the other woman in Jim's life. [More]

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Amber Valletta

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Amber Valletta, Kate Nelligan, Peter Stormare, Shyann McClure, Courtney Taylor Burness, Marc Macaulay, Irene Ziegler, Jude Ciccolella

Director: Mennan Yapo

Director: Mennan Yapo
Screenwriter: Bill Kelly
Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Jon Jashni, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Sunil Perkash
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Release:

Jul 17, 2007

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Ending
  • Audio Commentary - Mennan Yapo _ Director; Sandra Bullock
  • Deleted Scenes with Optional Director's Commentary
  • Featurettes - 1. Glimpses of the Future Making PREMONITION
  • 2. Bringing Order to Chaos
  • 3. Real Premonitions
  • Gag Reel

Reviews for Premonition

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
07/28/07
Sydney Morning Herald
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At times intriguing, often confusing and ultimately frustrating, Premonition jumbles the past and present as Sandra Bullock's young wife and mother tries to change fate.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
07/14/07
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By the time the requisite, and somewhat silly twist end comes around, we as an audience no longer care.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
04/24/07
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Sloppy filmmaking as a whole.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/25/08
Heather Huntington
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This feeble attempt at a mind-bending thriller has a vaguely interesting premise, but its potential is soon lost thanks to dreary execution.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/12/08
Steve Biodrowski
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The film doesn't have any meaning. Not just because it's bad. Because at the very end, it's very obvious that there wasn't any point to anything.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment 1 Comment
09/27/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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One can still hear Ebeneezer Scrooge lament, "Why show me this if I am past all hope?"

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
08/26/07
Kevin A. Ranson
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Perhaps sensing the chaos, Bullock acts as if she's standing just outside herself, not quite vested in the role, her mind seemingly elsewhere.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
07/26/07
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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This film wants to be a twisty thriller but ends up something of a misogynistic mess which leaves its leading lady stranded.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/14/07
Ted Murphy
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Could have been a darn snappy thriller, but the listless relationship at the story's core, plus ham-handed handling of the essential flashback/ flash forward scenes doom it.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/09/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide
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Offers its moments of requisite thriller twists that will appeal to fans of that genre.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/25/07
Scott Collura
IGN Movies
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A time-twisting drama that ties every detail together in a satisfying conclusion. Sandra Bullock gives one of her best performances to date.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
06/04/07
Wesley Lovell
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Sem conseguir se definir como suspense, ficção científica ou drama, o longa finalmente revela seu vácuo criativo ao entregar-se a uma pregação pseudo-espiritual tola e superficial.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/31/07
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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If the director seems to show Sandra no mercy as she's instructed to run around breathlessly for two hours in circles through the past, present and future in no particular order, imagine the even greater toll this movie takes on the exasperated audience.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
05/15/07
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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If Sandra Bullock is concerned about being in too many time-travel movies, well%u2026maybe it's too late.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
04/17/07
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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A messy movie but one that at least cares enough about its central character.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
04/12/07
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies
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... a confusing mess, a puzzle that can’t be solved.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
04/06/07
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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Someone should have figured out what this movie was really about before they even started.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
04/02/07
Beverly Berning
culturevulture.net
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The trailer provides 'Premonition' with a dose of its own prophetic recipe. Having seen it there's no need to see the film.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
03/31/07
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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