Directed by:Roland Suso Richter Distributed by:Miramax Films Cast:Ryan Phillippe
Sarah Polley
Piper Perabo
Stephen Rea
The psychological thriller THE I INSIDE features the uncertainty and anxiety of time-traveling and amnesia films such as THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT and MEMENTO. Ryan Phillippe stars as Simon, who awakens in a hospital with no memory of the last two years. When he discovers that his brother Peter (Robert Sean Leonard) is dead and that he is married to Anna (Piper Perabo), a woman he has no recollection of, he sets out to discover what has happened to him and why he cannot remember it. Both helping and frustrating his investigation is the fact that he seems to be shifting back and forth between the present and the time before his memory loss. Is he really traveling through time, or is his amnesia just the sign of a greater madness? THE I INSIDE is a time hopping film that maintains its ambiguity until the very end.
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 had.
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.
u need to be a detailed observer to understand the ending... compared to the butterfly effect, the i inside is creepier and more psychologically complex. No matter how much you long to undo the past, nothing can be back the way it were. Accept all has happened and move on. You certainly don't want to distress yourself in the last minutes of your life.
"A man awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things from his past he discovers his ability to move from the year 2002 to the year 2000. By doing this he meets a link between the two time periods." -- The original butterfly effect?
great plot with one of those time travel twists. very interesting, buh it could have been shot better i think...buh i recommend it if u ever come across it...
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 necessity, 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.
This movie gave me a headache because I couldn't get what was happening in that movie. Thanks to the ending I understood a little but I'm still confused.
I really liked this movie. Maybe it's a little predictable to some people, but I had to watch it twice to catch all the references. I thought the casting was great.
I'd have to watch it again. i fell asleep. but from what i saw it was very good ! ahah.. apparently the end was bad. so i guess i didnt miss anything !
i thought this movie sounded good when i looked at the info on it, but, at points its a bit confusing, you get lost weather its 2000 or 2002 it moves that quick, it was okay until the end it didnt really resolve the puzzling story.
Another time travel movie! It seems to be the theme of the day. Again, traveling back and forth through time confuses me, but it's incredibly intriguing. I guess everyone wishes there were moments they could alter if given the chance. It's also interesting to the ripple of how little changes have dramatic effects in these type of movies. Plus Ryan Phillippee stars, so that's a major added bonus! :)
A trippy time travelling whodunit, featuring some of Phillipe's best work (next to "Crash"). Keeps you guessing till the end- and then forces you to watch it again.
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