Parallel

Name: Parallel
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: December 11, 2020
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Alyssa Diaz, Aml Ameen, Carmel Amit, Carrie Genzel, Chad Krowchuk

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: December 11, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alyssa Diaz, Aml Ameen, Carmel Amit, Carrie Genzel, Chad Krowchuk, David Harewood, Eileen Pedde, Georgia King, Josh Blacker, Kathleen Quinlan, Mark O'Brien, Martin Wallström, Michael Kopsa, Shannon Chan-Kent

Summary: A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.

Director: Isaac Ezban

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Alex Saveliev

Dec 11, 2020

In a parallel dimension, perhaps, most movies are this well-made. Watch Parallel, and then watch it again to untangle all of its little nuances. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Jun 14, 2021

It’s watchable, but don’t expect your mind to be blown – more gently prodded. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Jun 13, 2021

Montages, seesawing Dutch tilts and profligate overuse of lighting gels fail to conceal the fact that the film’s writing doesn’t match the lure of the central idea. Read full review

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Jonathan_M_2

Jun 1, 2022

This is like 21 meets Chronicle. It’s an interesting premise and asks intriguing questions until it kinda spins out of control into a silly, meaningless and kind of small conflict. It comes back swinging with a twist ending, though. Thrilling, fast, interesting and a bit messy. Happy I saw it.

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umaumai

Jul 28, 2021

This was a very interesting movie that left me mildly impressed. The story and art design remind me of the movie “Primer,” but with much more dynamic performances and situations. I really like what’s at the heart of the plot and the idea of a second chance, but the main thrust it guides theThis was a very interesting movie that left me mildly impressed. The story and art design remind me of the movie “Primer,” but with much more dynamic performances and situations. I really like what’s at the heart of the plot and the idea of a second chance, but the main thrust it guides the audience down is pretty dark. I think the characters are well thought through and nicely fleshed out by good acting. While you can see what’s about to happen in many of the situations there were a few turns that I was fairly shocked to see happen. Even though the movie has some shortcomings, the journey that the characters go on and their growth through the morality they have navigate is very compelling and kept me watching till the end. I wouldn’t say this is a must for sci-if or fantasy fans, but for a low budget movie this hit in all the right spots to warrant watching.… Expand

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rmurray847

Aug 10, 2023

I am a sucker for time travel / parallel universe kinds of films. Even though they tend to fall apart logically, I always enjoy seeing how the writer and filmmakers explore the topic. So many possibilities, creatively.

PARALLEL follows three friends / roommates who stumble across a hiddenI am a sucker for time travel / parallel universe kinds of films. Even though they tend to fall apart logically, I always enjoy seeing how the writer and filmmakers explore the topic. So many possibilities, creatively.

PARALLEL follows three friends / roommates who stumble across a hidden room in their rambling old house. And within that hidden room is a mirror that has the ability to send someone to another dimension simply by stepping into it. They can't pick which alternative universe. And each one is just a small variation on ours. But they quickly figure out how to exploit all this for financial gain. And for awhile, it's fun to watch these three characters explore these strange new worlds (including avoiding running into their alternative selves).

Eventually, though, they begin to get a bit too comfortable in these other universes, which start to feel less real and more like exploitation opportunities. Some of the friends lose any empathy for the inhabitants of these worlds, and things go from "enhancing" the pocket-book to high stakes pranks and revenge, and eventually worse. As they begin to take divergent paths, ethical quandaries begin to pile up and, of course, bad feelings and consequences spill into our world. It won't be a spoiler to tell you that the old "friendships are strained" cliche only touches the tip of the iceberg here.

The film has a low budget, and is considerably constrained to this one house and one neighborhood. We hear about some exploits but never see them. Yet we've got generally solid acting here and writing that is at least trying not to insult our intelligence. Towards the end events start moving faster than perhaps we can keep up with and motivations become a bit muddied. And it ends up feeling like a "super special episode of The Twilight Zone" where it all becomes about the twists and less about logical character actions. But I have to say that I was entertained throughout, enjoyed much of the plot, and appreciated that even though there was little money to spend, acting, writing, directing, editing, sound and cinematography were all more than competently done and it "feels" less low-budget than it probably was. I can recommend this for a rainy night at home, when a bit of parallel universe travelling seems like just the thing!… Expand

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