Review of 12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys (1995)
6/10
Idea held promise; execution left me annoyed
29 March 2020
I guess its not easy to make a tight movie about time travel. One where there is some semblance of believability to it. But this one didnt really try to be believable. It tried to be clever, and I think it failed there, as well.

Why did the scenes from the future have to be so cartoonish? This was the first thing that put me off. There was sort of a lighthearted Delicatessen' feel to those scenes, so I had a hard time taking the movie seriously. But I had a hard time finding it funny, either. It couldnt decide what it was, and ended up being nothing. I felt nothing for any of the characters in this movie, as they were unbelievable exaggerations, and pretty annoying, especially Brad Pitt.

I give it a 6 because I didnt want to stop watching. But I didnt really care that much either way.
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