Apart (2011)

Linked by a rare psychological disorder, Noah Greene and Emily Gates must uncover the mystery of a tragic past in order to find hope for the future.

Director:

Aaron Rottinghaus

Writers:

Josh Danziger (story), Aaron Rottinghaus (story)

Stars:

Olesya Rulin, Josh Danziger, Bruce McGill

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Olesya Rulin	...	Emily Gates
Josh Danziger	...	Noah Greene
Bruce McGill	...	Dr. Thomas Abner
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Dr. Jane Sheppard
Michael Bowen	...	Teddy Berg
Sue Rock	...	Julie Gates
David Born	...	Joseph Greene
Jason Davis	...	Oliver Greene
Shiree Nelson	...	Kelly Corrigan
Brandon Todd	...	#55
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Binum	...	David Littleton
Harry Buonocore	...	Young Noah Greene
Scott De La Cruz	...	Friend of #55
Marissa Garrison	...	Bar Patron
Charlie Guillen	...	Russ the Bartender

Storyline

When a pair of star-crossed lovers are forced apart by fate it's up to them to right the future. As they fall deeper in love, they experience visions of a deadly future - those around them are doomed to die. Within days their premonitions become reality as their friends start dying around them. As the visions intensify, it becomes clear that the next people to die will be them. The couple has to choose between remaining together and hurting those around them, or staying apart forever.

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Plot Keywords:

homage | schizophrenic | loss of memory | deception | hidden truth | 

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Taglines:

Damned Together. Condemned By Fate.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Richmond, Texas, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,161, 11 March 2012

Gross USA:

$3,161

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,161

Company Credits

Production Co:

SystemX Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

(David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six
Written by Anton Newcombe
Performed by Jessica Lea Mayfield
Courtesy of Catapult Records (2011)

User Reviews

Darkness and confusion of teenage love and disaster

"Apart" starts with the premise that two teenagers share the same psychological infliction: induced delusional disorder. Apparently, they are the only two people on the planet with this disorder. Based on that "fact" I assumed it was a made up disorder, and so I sat waiting for my way in to experience their reality. They never gave me any such connection. Afterwards, I discovered it was a real disorder, but one that only two fictional characters suffer from they tried to have me believe.

Although marketed as a psychological thriller, the romantic angle of teen love was really played up. And I was left wondering why they were trying to make that any more dramatic or mysterious when teenagers do a pretty good job of that themselves. But then again the entire movie is about wondering in confusion trying to figure things out.

Something occurred. What? We don't know. When? We don't know. Why, or how? Obviously, we don't know. Who? I assumed it was our two main tragic, teenage heroes, but the more I watched I got the impression that it was most likely disastrous events occurred to other random characters but which Noah and Emily observed.

The disorder that Noah and Emily have is one where they experience delusions, shared delusions, where they are seeing the exact same hallucinations. They can never be sure of their reality or their sanity. We can't be sure either.

But the problem is, I couldn't even follow what was going on. With lots of jumpy editing, we went from flashback to flashback to flashforward? Perhaps. I don't know what time frame the present was. The two youngest actors could be identified as our main protagonists in their childhood years, but past that, I couldn't always distinguish as to whether they were teenagers, older teenagers, young adults or slightly older young adults. For all I know, there could have been even more ages that we jump around to.

It was definitely dark, it could be thrilling if there was any narrative to hang on to, but "Apart" was mostly just confusing.