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Chaos Theory
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Crime | Romance
Written by: Daniel Taplitz
Directed by: Marcos Siega
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 11, 2008
DVD: June 10, 2008
Running Time: 86 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend, and Milo Ventimiglia
Frank Allen, celebrated author of the bestseller The Five Minute Efficiency Trainer, has perfected the art of living via a foolproof system of timetables and index cards. In fact, his daily “to do” lists are legendary. A man known for playing it safe, Frank doesn’t believe in spontaneity. Every choice he makes is deliberate––designed to contribute to a well-ordered, predictable life. But life, as he soon learns, never adheres to a strict schedule. Frank is about to discover that not even an efficiency expert armed with timetables and index cards can change the serendipitous nature of family and friendship, love and forgiveness. (Warner Bros.)
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The performances and Marcos Siega’s direction put a pleasing sheen on the material.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
By creating likable characters and putting them in situations that seem plausible, if a bit of a stretch, the film succeeds where others of its genre fail.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
"Maybe" was watchable and blandly pleasant; "Theory" is a smidgen better than that, if not the cruelly funny farce the movie's best impulses and its own trailer would have you believe.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
When you watch Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, there's often a sense that you're not just watching him perform in a movie, you're watching the next stage of his unfolding career plan.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
The lead performers, the brighter fillips in Daniel Taplitz’s screenplay and Marcos Siega’s (“Pretty Persuasion”) assured direction make this a pleasing item overall.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nick Pinkerton
Reynolds, called to 180 from anal nebbish to feral beast, is beautifully committed, but he gets no help on the other side of the camera.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
The picture continuously shuffles moods like tunes on an iPod without ever making any lasting commitments.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen
Not exactly bad, but it disappointingly never really discovers the movie that it wants to be.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
With a title like Chaos Theory, one might expect a little runaway energy or a dash of wild spirit under the antics, but there's little punchy anarchy in this controlled experiment.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
The comic scenes can be arch or shrill, but director Marcos Siega (Pretty Persuasion) does better when the story turns somber and the emotions feel genuine.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
The big reason Chaos Theory doesn't work is that the gears are visibly grinding away, cranking out neat little ironies and life lessons without any liberating surprises.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Laura Kern
A predictable romantic dramedy that isn’t particularly tender, moving or amusing, Chaos Theory suffers first and foremost from featuring the least engaging couple to headline a movie in some time.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The kind of movie designed more for a has-been than a potential leading man, this slapdash dramatic comedy fits the now-established pattern perfectly: Your (Ryan Reynolds) committed performance is the sole reason to see it.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Chaos Theory stumbles from one contrived circumstance to the next, and there's not a moment in this entire mess that conveys any sort of genuine human emotion or reaction.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
In Chaos Theory, Reynolds's performance is taut, crabby and tense. And his beard and glasses, which intensify those already narrow eyes, suggest a mad bomb-builder rather than a hapless soul with whom we can identify.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
The audience, if any, for Chaos Theory is going to be hit with a little puff of celluloid flatulence. The movie won't linger in the air, but that doesn't make it any less embarrassing.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
