IMDb plot summary: Depressed housewife learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the next day after to a world in which he is still dead.
Directed by Mennan Yapo. Starring Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, and Marc Macauley.
I am all for weird reality-bending sci-fi flicks, but they have to be headed somewhere. This one really... didn't resolve. I see them *trying* to get some kind of an emotional resolution, but it doesn't work for me, just raising more questions than it answers in the end. It feels a little haphazard all the way through, which clued me in to the fact that there probably wouldn't be a satisfactory ending. This kept me from enjoying the first half more than I probably would have otherwise. Too bad, because I really do like the premise. It's just not terribly coherent as a full movie. On the bright side, Sandra Bullock does put a lot of effort into this, and despite some awkward writing, her performance isn't bad. So that's nice.
1.5 stars.
Flickchart: #1409 out of 2068, below Sahara and above The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
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