Review of Primer (2004) by Chris W — 02 Mar 2011

Mind bending shoe string budget time travel.

This review of Primer (2004) was written by Chris W on 02 Mar 2011.

Primer has generally received positive reviews.

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By Paul T (570) on 25 Jun 2017

Interesting premise, but poorly done. the story is taken in strange directions, and it seems to be overly convoluted for convoluted's sake…

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By Waleed A (914) on 25 Jun 2017

Interesting premise, but poorly done. the story is taken in strange directions, and it seems to be overly convoluted for convoluted's sake…

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By S.a. H (22) on 25 Mar 2017

I'm on a time-travel kick. This movie did not disappoint. What a mindfuck…

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By Colton M (53) on 01 Mar 2017

I will leave other reviewers to go over the plot holes, shallow characters, bad costumes, jerky and unexpressive soundtrack, extremely implausible…

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By Hardy H (232) on 07 Feb 2018

Interesting concept and was able to have my attention for almost the entire length of the film…

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By El F (15) on 14 Nov 2016

Trying to look smart by telling and showing less? Really…

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By Mayank A (426) on 18 Mar 2017

Another time travel movie, has lots of originality and as always some confusion, paradoxes and flawed concepts, it comes with the genre and…

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By Andrey B (847) on 28 Feb 2017

Very confusing and mind twisting. I don't say that it lacks originality but it could have been rendered in a more accessible form…

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2023, and I only started watching this moving, first of all, wtf is going on, I have never felt in my life confused about watching a movie,…

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By Samitha B (166) on 14 Nov 2016

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