Inoperable

I have to disagree with many of the reviews here, I rather liked this film, sure it's all over the place, and it makes no sense, but it's original, and sure is entertaining.

I imagine they had a script, and set of ideas, and chose to middle them all up, as a film it makes no sense until the ending, and even then you'll be scratching your head wondering what you just watched.

I was reminded a little bit of Triangle, a similar sort of illogical order, but enjoyable.

The acting is patchy, but fits in with the film, but some of the imagery was good, menacing.

I'm not racing to watch it again, but it was fun, 6/10.

I vacillated over watching this -- the premise seemed interesting, but the reviews and ratings suggested that the execution didn't live up to the premise. I decided to watch anyway, partly because I prefer to decide for myself, partly because I have this hopeless optimism about premises that sound like something I'd enjoy.

It was..serviceable for a while. The gore seemed a bit gratuitous in the early going, but I held out hope that it would be explained in terms that made it indispensable, or at least logical. For at least the first hour, it seemed possible that everything that was happening would hang together once the twist/reveal/epic epilogue/whatever came. It didn't. Or, rather, the reveal was trite and poorly done even by the standards of triteness. It was one of those endings you could see coming a mile away and yet dismissed that possibility because the filmmakers surely wouldn't dip into that cliche well Yet they did, and poorly, leaving us completely baffled as to what *actually* happened, that is, what objectively took place. Because not only did it fail to explain the vast majority of the film's action, it failed to explain what Amy was doing during all of this, and what logic underlay the nature of the various aspects of the action. It answered maybe three minor questions and left the major ones unaddressed. It's not ambiguity if you don't even give us something to be ambiguous about.

The acting was...okay. Uneven, especially with the actress who played Jen, but okay, even if all the make-up in the world (and it certainly looked like they applied approximately all of it) couldn't disguise the fact that Danielle Harris, while still quite lovely, was at least 10 years older than her 30 year old character.

Someday I'll finally learn to stop letting my hopes for a good movie based on the synopsis triumph over common sense and experience. At least I got about an hour of ongoing hope out of this movie before it all fall apart. That's something, right?

Synopsis: Amy Coney Barret replaces Bill Murray in a wildly unfunny twist on Groundhog Day, discovering additional pieces to the puzzle around her with each reliving.

Inoperable feels like a well-funded student film. Unfortunately, as with many student films, the casting is bad, the acting is awkward, and the story is poorly developed. This is a classic case of style over substance; the only enjoyable part of the movie is some of the camera direction and attention to detail in the practical fx. Onnthe other hand, however, one of the biggest problems breaking your suspension of disbelief is the set design, it tried hard to be silent hill but looks more like the janitorial staff at Scrub' Sacred Heart quit the day of. Wardrobe also suffers from the same problem, likely being managed by the same production designer.

Sound is... Good. Nothing particular stands out as food or bad in the audio department.

If you look past some of the unnatural dialog and a bit less than believable acting of some of the cast, you may think it's a typical time-loop slasher. About halfway through, the movie was barely holding my interest at all. But, I'm glad I saw it through to the end because the story became interesting as it progressed. It ends kind of sad, and kind of thought provoking. Overall, It was worth seeing for me, but may not be for less patient people.

On the plus side, the concept behind the story is interesting, it's beautifully shot, the location works well. I found the actors to be competent, if a little green. To it's detriment, the story needs some work, nothing in this really wowed me. It's an ok watch once time killer. For an indie thriller, you could certainly do worse.