Michael's Movie Grade: C+
Review: Thought provoking premise is handled quite well, though the movie never lives up to its full potential.
What really makes this movie work is how well set up the fantasy is. The fantasy element is a very well thought out one. It is never fully explained how it works but that just makes it more believable as the characters don't know how it works either. "A" is a completely believable character and you are constantly thinking about if some of what he is doing is ethically right or wrong. This idea and how this main character handles it is simply very interesting and enjoyable.
Unfortunately this movie has a major fault. The love interest isn't very interesting. Their is little to her personality more than an average female lead in a romantic comedy. We have seen this character before various times and there is nothing new here. She is likable, but never feels real. This movie could have been much more emotionally effective if this character was more developed, but as it is the movie stands as a nice movie with some thought provoking moments, but misses with this character, the believability it could have had.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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