Reversion (2011)
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50% of critics liked it
(8 reviews) -
57% of users liked it
(225 ratings)
Eva is a woman desperate to get in front of her fate. One of a growing number of human mutants who lack the ability to perceive time, she is aware of the disaster that's set to befall her and her lover, Marcus. Knowing she has seen too much, she believes (or hopes) that she can also alter her… More
Eva is a woman desperate to get in front of her fate. One of a growing number of human mutants who lack the ability to perceive time, she is aware of the disaster that's set to befall her and her lover, Marcus. Knowing she has seen too much, she believes (or hopes) that she can also alter her destiny. It's a feeling most of us have experienced, even without the benefit of Eva's heightened self-awareness. The film is reminiscent of key works of the French New Wave, as if Alain Resnais were to awaken in a Vons Supermarket, unable to find his way out.
Though the story largely rescrambles causality along a linear axis, it also casts a wide, lateral gaze at human agency and the question of free will. It's a somewhat-astringent glance at human existence, but enthrallingly portrayed in this cagey and precocious film. -- (C) Sundance Film Festival
- Directed By
- Mia Trachinger
- Written By
- Mia Trachinger
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 10, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- Bunny
Critic Reviews
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
The film does a pretty good job of conveying the bleakness and pointlessness Eva and her fellow mutants feel, but it's as if Ms. Trachinger were reluctant to take the premise any deeper...
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Nick Schager, Village Voice
A conceptual stunt without much substance beneath its initially enticing exterior...
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Pic lacks visual finesse and stylistic aplomb.
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Glenn Heath Jr., Slant Magazine
the final act of Reversion is so spelled out and unimpressively dour that it makes you almost forget the edge Mia Trachinger brought to the opening sequences.
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Kim Voynar, Cinematical
Reversion is a bold and edgy film that explores some interesting philosophical and political ideas that are particularly relevant in a time when our leaders seem to make most of their decisions without regard to past, present or future.
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Cast
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Leslie Silva
as Eva
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Jason Olive
as Marcus
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Tom Maden
as Ray
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Jason Frost
as Ian
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Indira Gibson
as Midge
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Tate Hanyok
as Page
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Justin Huen
as Lee
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Jennifer Jalene
as Irene
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Ed Refuerzo
as Surfer Nick
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Ina Barron
as Stephanie
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Dream Kasestatad
as Bad Guy #1
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Mark Elias
as Bad Guy #2
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David Ury
as Stranger
- Beth Scherr
- Indira G. Wilson
