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Primer (2004) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
2285 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.74/4 |
# of Ratings: |
68 |
Genres: |
Sci-Fi, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/08/2004 |
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Director: |
Shane Carruth |
Actors: |
David Sullivan
Shane Carruth
Casey Gooden
Samantha Thomson
Carrie Crawford
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Plot Outline:
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A pair of engineers create a mysterious machine that at first they are not sure what it is, but once they understand it they know they have something special, but become consumed with it and are not able to scale themselves back.
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mitchellyoung 07/19/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
It's amazing the level of intrigue and suspense that can be built on such a shoe-string budget. My only complaint (and it isn't really a complaint) is that the film is too smart and I guarantee you will need a second or third viewing to fully grasp the sci-fi theories that are being thrown around. Props for an original and pretty believable take on time travel. |
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Chris Kavan 11/18/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
An original take on that age-old notion of time travel. This is one you will have to watch more than once (maybe with the commentary too) before you'll understand what's going on. Still, for a low budget is has high impact. |
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Alex 05/07/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
This one is one of the most original movies of 2004, if not of this decade. It is a little bit too confusing the first time, and maybe a second time could clear some things up. I can't say much, other than if you love sci-fi - see it! |
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08/29/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Primer review |
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In this rater's opinion, this picture is a cross between Back to the Future, The Prestige and a David Lynch movie without the necessary spectacular special effects. The key in comprehending this movie is by understanding the method of how the box works and where the "doubles" are. Aaron (Shane Carruth), Abe (David Sullivan) accidentally creates a machine that travels through time and that a watch experienced about 1300 times the amount of time the device was activated for. The pair manipulates this machine to become rich by in vesting in stock market. This has got to be one of the best movies done on time travel. The primary formula in making this type of movie work are the believability of the artists and intellectual dialogue despite not having any spectacular effects in the actual... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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