Whoa, a few misses away from being a near gem. The best way to go into this film is to know absolutely nothing about it, like I did. The film starts off as one thing, then becomes a slightly different but immensely better thing - but then goes overboard and throws the film into eye rolling terrain. But whatever, still an enjoyable experience.

I enjoyed the movie for the first 45 minutes. After that it was muddled up with authorities bashing the party, so to speak. I see this film as a love story first, but without much emotion. You don't feel the love in this movie like you would others for comparison.With age progression in three spurts we are shown the interactions between a girl and a boy, but all for experimentation purposes. With both of them coming to the age where most of the movie occurs, we are filled with complex riddles and words which determines our actions, of which these actions are already predetermined beforehand, but you don't become aware of that until later on in the film.I was left with my final thoughts on this film: It is a stupidly complex film without emotion, supposedly trying to make you think that life and the universe is just a code with all of our thoughts/actions/feelings being predetermined by such code. The love story was dull to say the least and the explanation at the end is missing much.

This is one of the most original films I've seen. It clearly wasn't made with a huge amount of money, but the cinematography and production values are perfectly fine.The acting and editing are also convincing, but the real star is the script and the story it carries.The film is somewhat reminiscent of the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind, at least in its realist treatment of science fiction.At its heart its about determinism vs free will and how that metaphysical conundrum accounts for love. Which sounds like it could be an ordeal to watch, but it isn't, instead it's interesting and enjoyable, and I think it deserves to be seen.

...Captivated me from the roll of the apple; and kept me to the end.Some hyperbole and some guff on these reviews - a '1' being spectacularly unwarranted (Witness that particular reviewers '10s'...Big Hero 6, Batman etc) This is 'one of those' - a delightful multi-faceted gem that should be enjoyed.Christians review "Most Intelligent Philosophical Sci-Fi I Have Seen This Millennium" says it all, so I'm not repeating it ;)Of particular note is the cast; no one (to me at least) famous, that is to say, no one that came with any expectations - but all captivating and a joy to behold.