Famous for being made for $7000, this is a sci-fi flick about a couple of engineers/inventors who stumble upon a way to travel back in time. While it's pretty clear how this could be made for so little money (location, location, location it was probably made in the director's garage and stuff like that), it never really looks cheap. Actually, the photography is quite good. Also, the actors, among whom are the director, Shane Carruth, are not at all bad. The problems that the film does have all come from the script, although it has its positive aspects. I'm not really sure if the script is above my head or if it's just pitched in such a way that it feels above my head. The science described in the film sometimes sounds so technical that you want to believe it, but it also sounds so vague that I was wondering if all the dialogue was pretty much meaningless. I suppose I should credit Carruth for making me think his script might actually be really smart, instead of just dismissing it out of hand. That takes talent in itself. But then the vagueness of it is also distancing, and eventually I grew a little bored of the film. Still worth seeing. I have to wonder why Carruth hasn't been tapped by Hollywood yet. He clearly has talent in both the writing and directing departments, and maybe as an actor, too.
