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68 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anand Upadhyaya, Casey Gooden, David Sullivan, Shane Carruth
  • Summary: While tweaking their current project, two young engineers accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities--ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next. (ThinkFilm)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    100
    Primer unites physics and metaphysics in an ingenious guerrilla reinvention of cinematic science fiction.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    It's a puzzle as much as a plot, but when it's in focus (which it isn't for long stretches) it's remarkable brain-food.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    30
    As Primer progresses, it just gets murkier and the experience of it more drudgelike.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 5 out of 26
  1. Ansset
    10
    (10.0) Awesome. The best Sci-fi serious in this century. How can you make a great movie with great head and a tight budget. Escuchar Waiting eagerly to the new work from me, since I saw this movie, new idol.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. PeteM.
    4
    Unfortunately it does fail. its all mind bending but not fascinating because there just isn't enough clarity and stability about whats going on. Both the action in almost any given scene and the voice overs are opaque and unresolved. such an (apparently) sophisticated story needs a first rate director and screen writer to be comunicated adequately.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CoinneB.
    3
    The Blair Witch of science fiction. A celebration of poor professional standards, wrapped in mystifiyng techno-babble and saying very little about anything much. Very disappointing, alhough something about it says it could have been OK-ish. Maybe if the soundtrack wasn't so fuzzy and they had used a tripod now and then? Anyway, I am tired of this "made on a low budget with credit cards" drivel. It was never true. Not in the 1980s, not now.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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