Premonition
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: March 16, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
16
Negative:
13
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63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The star and the more overwrought aspects of the plot are mainstream but the philosophical implications will not appeal to those who prefer easily digestible cinematic portions. It's also true that the more deeply one considers the movie's themes and structure, the less sense it makes. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
This slick exercise about a housewife whose spouse might or might not be dead is effective until a downright maudlin close. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
As Premonition zigzags toward its solution it loses its head completely, packing a risible final reel with left-field religious disquisitions and heartfelt warnings against infidelity. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Had it been easier to comprehend at the beginning, there's no telling how bad Premonition might have been. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
At times, Bullock seems as confused by the plot as we are. Even if you cut the writer Bill Kelly and the director Mennan Yapo a lot of slack, there are plot holes galore. May I suggest that it's time to declare a moratorium on movies about time? Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Premonition is both dreary and absurd, suffering from a lack of intrinsic logic and terrible pacing, a one-two punch that kills off any chance of entertainment value. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
With her tetchy screen persona, Sandra Bullock is well served by brainteasers like "The Lake House" and this passable thriller about a woman who seems to be bouncing between two alternate realities. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Bullock is so good, working hard to pull off the transition from grief-stricken wife and mother to reluctant time traveler, you want to pull for her. So it's possible - not easy, but possible - to overlook the script's inconsistencies. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Premonition is an odd little thing, with a protagonist in a protracted fugue state and a plot that doesn't know whether its coming or going. Or maybe it does. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A supernatural thriller that keeps your attention while failing to hold you in its grip. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
Once Bullock's character clears her head at the top of the thrill ride, Premonition becomes inescapably dull because it is her mental health, not her purposefully dull husband's fate, that interested us. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Premonition is actually more daring than you might expect. Not bold enough to be memorable, maybe, but just enough to keep you from falling asleep in front of the TV. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
One piece of advice in trying to make sense of it all: Follow the sleepwear, since Bullock cycles through a few garments that clarify which day is which. Another suggestion? Ignore the two-bit psychological and spiritual doggerel with which screenwriter Bill Kelly tries to deepen the meaning of the game. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNathan Lee
Had the film maintained a tone of kooky, Kafkaesque tragicomedy, narrowing in on Linda's wacko wrestling match with the laws of physics, we might really have had something here. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The usually likable Bullock, obstructed by glaring continuity problems and often baffling character motivation, comes across as unsympathetically dazed and confused here, giving the viewer little reason to care about this desperate housewife's puzzling predicament. Read full review
40
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Sandra Bullock is a disheveled, grumpy, adorable mess in Premonition, a psychological thriller that was no doubt pitched as "Medium," only longer and brunette. Or maybe "The Eternal Sixth Sense of the Spotless Groundhog Day." Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Premonition doesn't know when to stop. The picture can't decide between cheap scares or deep thoughts, so it goes for both. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
We never get a sensible explanation for Linda's bizarre double life, or uncover any reason - any reason at all - why Bullock would pick this lazy, patchwork script out of all the ones she surely receives every year. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
When you awake, it may all seem like a bad dream - but why is your wallet missing $11? Scary. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
They only want us to play that tiresome guessing game: Is it all a dream or is it really happening? Instead, you may find yourself asking: Is this cinema or merely Cinemax? Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The sloppy, absent-minded Premonition is a giant step backward for Ms. Bullock. Read full review
30
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
Although Premonition is not a frightening movie, it is aimed squarely at an audience of frightened souls. Read full review
25
PremiereScott Warren
The pumped up sound effects play like an overplayed laugh track on a sitcom that just isn't funny and only draws more attention how ineffective the filmmaking is. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
This is a much dumber movie than "The Lake House." In fact, the script is an ungainly mess and ultimately a shaggy-dog story. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The script's vague, silly "explanation" for Linda's experiences -- nature abhors a spiritual vacuum, so weird stuff happens to the faithless -- is the icing on the irritation cake. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It's a movie only a psychic could love, since a psychic would know to stay home or see "Zodiac" instead. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
If only Bullock could have foreseen how bad Premonition would turn out to be, she would have spared herself (and us) a lot of agony. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Its biggest failing -- and the ultimate one for a lightweight entertainment such as this -- is that it's a deadly bore from start to finish. Read full review
0
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The real horror here is watching Sandra Bullock drop her big Miss Congeniality smile to A-C-T! She does this by not smiling. What happened to the range she showed in "Crash" and "Infamous?" Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Pay real money to see this feeble fiasco only if you're in the mood for "Groundhog Day" without the laughs.
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