Jay Simpson, Magdalena Manville, Peter Egan

A serious accident lands Simon (Ryan Phillippe) in a hospital bed with no recollection of what put him there. His memory of the past two years is wiped out, even though some epic events have occurred ...( read more  read more... )during that span: His brother Peter (Robert Sean Leonard) was killed, and Simon's now married to Anna (Piper Perabo), whom he doesn't remember ever meeting. He also has bizarre dreams about a woman (Sarah Polley) he loved before his accident.

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R, 91 min.

Directed by: Roland Suso Richter

Release Date: January 15, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005

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  • July 15, 2008
    I've never liked the idea of test screening movies. The changes they make just end up neutering a movie and making it "safe" for the general masses. But if ever a movie SHOULD have gone through that and gotten feedback to prompt a rewrite and alternate ending, I wish this one h...( read more)ad.

    The first half of this movie is spectacular. It's atmospheric, tense, and confusing (in a good way). It kept you guessing the whole way. Much like Memento, it's an intelligent film that makes you watch closely and think. The story could have gone a number of directions.
    ...but the last half, it all falls apart. They start changing the "rules", the suspense gives way to straight storytelling, and the ending goes a completely different direction than it could have, and SHOULD have. It's not just that I didn't like the ending or that it didn't match my predictions. The problem is the truth is still unclear and viewers are left confused. Too much is left unexplained.

    As it is, the film is wasted potential. A good story and a good movie, but one that could have been so much better with a different ending.
  • July 24, 2007
    The structure of The I Inside is complex from the start and increases in complexity as the film plays out. That director Roland Suso Richter is able to keep it as coherent as he does is a remarkable testament to his skill. Phillippe is in almost every shot of the film, as by nece...( read more)ssity, we have to see the film as his character does, to piece it together with him. This is the best performance I have ever seen from him, and he's usually good. He has an ability here to turn on a dime and provide a believable character who gradually comes to a realization as he bounces back and forth between temporal settings. It's even more complicated than that, as when he's playing the character in the previous temporal setting, he has to be two characters at once--the character as he was when that temporal setting initially occurred, and the character from the later temporal setting experiencing it again, as a voyeur, while piecing together the puzzle.

    Richter also manages an eerie mood of displacement throughout the film. This puts the viewer in a frame of mind similar to Phillippe's character, helping the viewer feel the disorientation and encroaching paranoia and madness along with the character. It works marvelously. It's also worth briefly mentioning the fantastic music by Nicholas Pike, as it does much to enhance the mood.

    The I Inside is the perfect example of why originality isn't the most important criterion for a good film.
  • July 19, 2009
    Simon (Ryan Philippe) wakes up in a hospital and finds out he has lost two years of his memory. But the surprises had just begun. A woman who seems to know a secret about him introduces herself as his wife. Another tells him that he is in love with her instead. His brother died o...( read more)f an accident but somehow he feels that he is more connected to it than he may have wanted. Worst of all, after being drugged by a masked hospital staff, he finds himself two years away from where was supposed to be.

    This movie reminds me a lot of the Butterfly Effect, except that this one is less exciting.
  • January 29, 2009
    It has a low-ish rating due to the fact I was pretty bored throughout. The acting was really bad, aside from Stephen Rea who just totally owns in anything.

    Anyway, the idea was interesting and was the reason I watched it, but it seemed to drag on too much. I do have to admit t...( read more)hat I had watched the first five minutes before accidentally reading the ending, but I had already guessed it (pretty much) anyway. So I might've liked it more had I not read that first. I did like, though the editing, and the cuts between 2000 and 2002, they were pretty awesome.
  • July 20, 2007
    Brilliant film and superb writting. Very tense.
  • September 14, 2009
    A bit confusing but funny in a strange way.
  • August 20, 2009
    Just found it confusing and boring.. I gave it 2 outta 5 cause I did like Ryan's acting.
  • May 2, 2009
    This movie is simply bizarre! It will certainly have you guessing until the very end and keep you as intrigued and confused as the main character. This film certainly isn't for all audiences and will probably only be enjoyed by a select few.
  • April 8, 2009
    A fine premise goes to waste in the wannabe David Lynch orgy of question marks.
  • March 16, 2009
    Similar in storyline to the butterfly effect I thought.

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