POSITIVES
I like time travel stories and I like it when movies have fun playing around with how that works. This is one of those films.
Kudos to Walker Scobell who is essentially playing a young Ryan Reynolds. A huge part of what makes this enjoyable to watch is seeing the two interacting with each. Essentially bantering with himself in a plot perspective.
Being a Ryan Reynolds starring movie, expect those smartass humor and clever jokes to keep you entertained. It’s not all Reynolds doing the comedy either, as Scobell and Ruffalo also contribute to that.
Action beats. While it’s not non-stop, the exciting moments are solid. There is some excellent physical choreography found in this one too.
Despite the sci-fi action premise, the greatest strength of this film is the family angle of the movie. There’s a strong sweetness and love that is found here, and it’s because this film does a great job establishing the relationships between the characters. Those scenes where they are having those honest heart to heart moments are easily my favorite parts of this story. Reynolds and Scobell, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña were fantastic in those heartfelt scenes.
NEGATIVES
Familiar plot tropes and conveniences are found here and there. Keeps this from being a completely tight movie.
Certain scenes looking like they are done on a sound stage also take a little bit away from that movie magic.
Future tech armor kinda sucks. They may as well be wearing red shirts. Also. Blatant murdering going on around here.
What keeps this movie from being an instant classic, is that it doesn’t quite give us truly iconic moments that will really stick in your head.
Those looking for that grand “13 Going On 30” reunion might be a little disappointed.
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