I loved this movie--it had romance (and I'm not a fan of romances in general), mystery and some absolutely jaw-dropping bits. The aerial ballet is absulutely beautiful, as was the artist's presentation at the gallery. Wonderfully done--the movie was worth watching for those scenes alone! As for the story itself--I truly do not understand how anyone could have been confused. In fact it pretty much telegraphs the fundamental premise very early on--it was hard to miss. I suppose if the viewer does miss the point then the varous scenes as they evolve could be confusing, but the very factors that create the mystery for the main character (the patterns) should easily lay out the "answer" to the audience. I don't want to give too much away, but to say that a key point brought up repeatedly is that of the dying star who's light "is reaching earth from 30 years in the past". Enough said about that. I will add, this is NOT a rehash of "Groundhog Day".The music was appropriate and enticing, while the acting was good--the cinematography is some scenes was breathtaking. I do have a few quibbles with the script, but overall it was intriguing and involving--though I did guess the "twist" pretty early on. Apparently I'm in the minority--in that I didn't find the film confusing at all. Honestly I don't know how they could have made it clearer without simply giving the whole game away from the beginning--which would have made it an entirely different (and boring) film (if not a simple straight forward love story). The main characters were certainly presented well enough that I found myself wholly engaged in rooting for them as the story progressed--there was only one scene that felt out of character (a major if brief "temper tantrun" that felt entirely gratuitious and out of place to me), which is certainly a better score than many films rate. While not Oscar worthy, it absolutely deserves a better score than a 5. PARENTS: Nothing inherently offensive that would force you to lock up the kiddies for the night before viewing, though there is mild gun violence. There IS a close call between fully packed passenger planes which some viewers may find disturbing. At no point is there anything particularly gory or horrifying--though there is the tension of potential life-threatening (and sanity breaking) danger and mystery. There isn't even any nudity or sex and I don't remember any swearing (though I can't swear to it--ha ha).

2:22 is yet another story of somebody living almost the same day over and over again to come to the conclusion something bad is going to happen. It definitely could have been better. But the story and it's execution was just a bit lame. It didn't make much sense and that's why I lost my interest for 2:22 at one point. The acting was just average, nothing great at all. It wasn't bad though, just not Oscar winning style. At one point the story just didn't add up, and that's never good in a movie. The soundtrack was also a bit boring, even annoying. And that's something that quickly makes a movie boring to me. If you really have nothing else to watch I guess you can watch 2:22but don't expect too much of it.

This is a good example of "How not to execute a high-concept sci-fi/fantasy premise". An air traffic controller (played by Daario Naharis from Game of Thrones) starts having visions and notices weird patterns in his daily routine, with the implication of some impending tragedy taking place at 2:22 and involving both him and his new girlfriend (redeemingly pretty Teresa Palmer).See, in movies where the plot hinges on some kind of premonitions, you need to ESTABLISH CLEAR SIMPLE RULES - like in Minority Report, Groundhog Day, Source Code, The Dead Zone, Déjà Vu, It Happened Tomorrow, etc. Not necessarily explanations. But rules. We need to know early in the story how the hero's powers work, how he can take advantage of them, what their limits are. THEN you can put a spin on those rules - but you need to establish them first. If it's all too vague, then anything goes and tension becomes tedium. Here the story turns out to involve, I kid you not, the explosion of a far-away star, the protagonists' astrological sign and reincarnation. It's too much; the movie drags. Pity, because an initial scene involving a potential plane crash was fairly tense.4,5/10

This film stinks. It is another piece of formula, boy-meets girl, boy loses girl-boy gets shot and laughs, boy gets girl back. That's never been done! The message of this movie is 'don't think, or study, or read, or grapple with life's questions. Just let cliches and the stars do everything for you'. Oh, and it's not YOUR life: you're living another guy's life who lived thirty years ago. Cue the eye-roll !! Here's a movie that says,"Let's make schizophrenia soooo cool and melodramatic that everyone will want it!". What a trivialization of mental illness...who needs a shrink when they can connect meaningless random events into a "pattern". Whoa...I have chills! I watched it because of the air traffic controller tag...but that aspect of the film is zilch! Nothing after the first few minutes! This thing is a series of bewildered expressions in search of a point. It worries me that this film is popular because it says a lot about the poor condition of contemporary humanity. Stay away.