Is it the worst movie ever? No.
Does it insult your intelligence? Yes.
"Project Almanac" tries to be too many movies at once. Is it a coming of age movie? Is it a time travel movie? Is it a romantic comedy? Is it a found footage film? Is it an action film? Is it a sci-fi film? The makers of this movie would have you believe, yes all of the above.
Unfortunately, it never really gains any ground in any of the sub genre's listed.
Once you get past the fact that the premise is entirely implausible, two teens find their father's old camera which leads to them discovering an unfinished project of his beneath the ground in the basement, the movie continues to trip on itself.
As is the down fall of most time travel movies, the film makers would like us to believe that certain occurrences and acts are a result of time travel, but that reality would have already incorporated their time travel so that makes it impossible.
The plot revolves around a group of 5 teenagers doing adolescent things that are superficial and irrelevant. The plot ignores the "ripple" effects of these things like media coverage and IRS investigations but then introduces "ripple" effects later in the film when love becomes involved.
It's an inconsistent and unaware plot.
Catch it on TBS or USA in a few years. Not worth the $5 rental.
Stick to movies like "Looper" and "Predestination" for entertaining and recently produced time travel movies.
Does it insult your intelligence? Yes.
"Project Almanac" tries to be too many movies at once. Is it a coming of age movie? Is it a time travel movie? Is it a romantic comedy? Is it a found footage film? Is it an action film? Is it a sci-fi film? The makers of this movie would have you believe, yes all of the above.
Unfortunately, it never really gains any ground in any of the sub genre's listed.
Once you get past the fact that the premise is entirely implausible, two teens find their father's old camera which leads to them discovering an unfinished project of his beneath the ground in the basement, the movie continues to trip on itself.
As is the down fall of most time travel movies, the film makers would like us to believe that certain occurrences and acts are a result of time travel, but that reality would have already incorporated their time travel so that makes it impossible.
The plot revolves around a group of 5 teenagers doing adolescent things that are superficial and irrelevant. The plot ignores the "ripple" effects of these things like media coverage and IRS investigations but then introduces "ripple" effects later in the film when love becomes involved.
It's an inconsistent and unaware plot.
Catch it on TBS or USA in a few years. Not worth the $5 rental.
Stick to movies like "Looper" and "Predestination" for entertaining and recently produced time travel movies.
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