The I Inside (2003)

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writers (WGA):

Michael Cooney (play)
Michael Cooney (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 May 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes it is hard to come back.

Plot:

A man (Simon) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Scissors | Stabbed In The Back | Dying Patient | Infidelity

Cast

Ryan Phillippe	...	Simon Cable (as Ryan Phillipe)
Sarah Polley	...	Clair
Piper Perabo	...	Anna
Stephen Rea	...	Doctor Newman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Peter Cable
Stephen Lang	...	Mr. Travitt
Peter Egan	...	Doctor Truman
Stephen Graham	...	Travis
Rakie Ayola	...	Nurse Clayton
Magdalena Manville	...	Female Resident (as Magdelena Manville)
Jay Simpson	...	Morgue Orderly
Paul John Borde	...	Intruder
Annabel Mansel Lewis	...	5th Floor Nurse

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

Canada:90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | USA:R (certificate #39662) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

UK

Company:

MDP Worldwide

Trivia:

Christian Slater (as Peter), Stephen Dorff (as Simon Cable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as Anna Cable) were originally set to star.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Dr. Newman refers to Simon's two-year amnesiac memory gap as "short-term memory loss". Short-term memory is measured in seconds, not years.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Doctor Newman: Easy. Diazepam, 5 milligrams. Easy now, Mr. Cable. You're going to be fine. You're just having a nightmare.

If you could change something from your past, would you? Could you?

Like with Memento, another film dealing with memory loss, it takes some time to get used to the storytelling. The main reason is that no one explains nothing at first... clues come all along the movie up until the end. You're not taken by the hand and shown anything. Like the main character, you're thrown in the story with no real point of reference and it takes some adjusting.

But that's also what makes the movie interesting. The ending can be perceived as weak if you're watching it like a thriller but if you're looking at it from a psychological point of view, it's really impressive what our minds can do and the mysteries still to unlock in our own brains.

The acting is pretty good (except Piper Perabo who is not good enough to be creepy or believable as anything else than a goodie-2-shoes) and the direction is SUPERB.

Don't misunderstand, the tension IS there so you'll get your thrills but it's not a mystery movie so much as a psychological drama about denial and acceptance. In the end that's all there is to it.

Don't take my word for it... check it out as soon as you can.