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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 15 Jan 2015

A clever and surprisingly affecting reminder that sci-fi doesn't need overblown action to keep audiences intrigued…

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By Mallory Andrews (58) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 15 Jan 2015

There are some mild pleasures to be had on a first-time watch, but repeated viewings are sure to decay with time…

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By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Lyles' Movie Files (591) on 14 Jan 2015

A sci-fi mind-screw that is rarely short on surprises and innovative ways to keep viewers guessing leading to a fascinating and unique thriller…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 13 Jan 2015

It's always risky to make a film that shifts and reformulates what it is and what the audience should derive from it straight through the final shot…

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By Kyle Anderson (153) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 13 Jan 2015

Predestination's pace is too slack, and the brothers are so painfully tentative as storytellers that the easily guessed big twist gets three…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 12 Jan 2015

Warning: what you get is not necessarily what you see, and the revelations come, at times, at explosive speed…

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By Blake Goble (229) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Jan 2015

Predestination has so little confidence in its conceit that what we're left with feels like belligerent exposition…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 12 Jan 2015

His (Hawke) subtle performance also draws attention away from the creaky plot machinery, as does the Spierig brothers’ eye for the seemingly…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 12 Jan 2015

A brisk, twisty, and atmospheric science-fiction thriller that piques the imagination and the senses with the low-rent exuberance of fifties…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Film Threat (5,156) on 10 Jan 2015

An ambitious, slow-to-reveal, and overly meditative failure…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Jan 2015

A stylish sci-fi adventure anchored by strong performances from Ethan Hawke and Australian newcomer Sarah Snook…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 09 Jan 2015

A meticulously crafted, sparse but beautifully photographed full-length feature film with strong work from a reliable veteran and a breakout…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 09 Jan 2015

Put the time-travel gibberish into the background and the result is a great, gritty Aussie noir flick not to be missed…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 09 Jan 2015

If time-travel is your thing, you learn to shrug off inconsistencies…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 09 Jan 2015

Predestination isn't as action packed as Edge of Tomorrow, but its story is just as intricate…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 09 Jan 2015

Hawke and Snook are excellent, and the tightly wound script requires attention but pays off with some clever twists…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 09 Jan 2015

To try and wrap your head around the plot of Predestination can only lead to madness. Don't get me wrong: The movie itself is a trip…

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By Mark Moring (17) for Christianity Today (953) on 09 Jan 2015

Like me, you'll probably feel inclined to watch it again…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 09 Jan 2015

There’s a clarity to Snook’s emotional journey that’s absent from the rest of the film—a fact that’s partly deliberate, since Heinlein…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Jan 2015

As the heart of the story, however, Sarah Snook delivers a knockout performance that calls on her to perform the kind of tricky scenes that…

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