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Writers (WGA):
Michael Cooney (play)
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Release Date:
21 May 2004 (Spain) more
Tagline:
Sometimes it is hard to come back. more
Plot:
A man (Phillipe) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Don't ya just love to be confused? more

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

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 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
UK more
Company:
MDP Worldwide more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Christian Slater (as Peter), Stephen Dorff (as Simon Cable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as Anna Cable) were originally set to star. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After he stabs Mr. Travitt, Simon drops the scissors on the floor. When Nurse Clayton leaves and Simon steps around to see Mr. Travitt's face, he's holding the scissors again. more
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.
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15 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Don't ya just love to be confused?, 16 January 2005
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Author: mwbubelah (mwbubelah@comcast.net) from California

Here is a film that will keep you wondering just what it's all about. For those who are into such movies, you're in for a treat. The familiar theme of going back to the past to "fix" certain wrongs is offered here with an engaging plot and a bang-up twist.

Simon Cable is a wealthy young man who wakes up in a hospital after some kind of accident in 2002, supposedly due to wood refinishing fumes. We soon learn that he has been in this hospital before, in 2000, which is when his brother Peter was killed. His wife Anna comes to see him but apparently was somehow involved in the cover-up of the truth behind Peter's death. All of this is unknown to Simon, since he has amnesia (or so his doctor thinks) and now believes he has lost two years of his life. It is here that we movie-goers become intrigued, and the attention-grabbing twists do not stop. Who is the blond woman Claire? What is the secret of Simon's brother's death? Why is his doctor unfathomably a pediatrician?

As Simon recovers from his accident, he seems to have flashbacks to 2000, filling the holes in his memory. Or does he? His doctor in 2000 makes a pretty good case that his mind is creating images that Simon feels are actually premonitions of 2002. Confused? Well, so's Simon, and we come to understand the "real" story in bits and pieces, just as Simon does. Eventually, he believes (based on a rather shocking incident during a "flashback" to 2000) that he can go back in time to undo past wrongs and, as in so many other films of this type, things do not go well.

Seen it before, you say? Well, this is a well-wrought presentation of the basic premise, with a possible murder and wife/mistress conflict, some good editing, and more than respectable acting, especially from Ryan Phillipe (Simon), who seems to be blossoming as an actor, or at least is getting better roles. This is a good thing, considering that Phillipe is in every scene, and the other actors all have rather small parts by comparison. Big-name actor Stephen Rea as Doctor Newman is nothing to write home about, but that may partly be because his role is relatively less significant to the total story. The role of Simon's brother Peter, played by Robert Sean Leonard, is even smaller, and Leonard seems to barely walk through it. However, watch for Stephen Graham's portrayal of particularly crabby heart patient Travitt in the year 2000 scenes.

In any event, go into this film with an open mind, and try not to compare it to others of its genre, most recently "The Butterfly Effect." The last few minutes of the film will make you rethink your comparisons anyway and leave you with a new confusion worth discussing at your favorite coffeehouse afterwards.

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