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Project Almanac – Hollywood Movie
Director: Dean Israelite
Genre: adventure, Sci-fi
Release date: January 30, 2015
Run Time: - 106 Minutes
Cast:
1.
Jonny
Weston as David Raskin,
2.
Sofia
Black D'Elia as Jessie,
3.
Michelle
DeFraites as Sarah Nathan,
4.
Patrick
Johnson as Todd,
5.
Amy
Landecker as Kathy,
6.
Sam
Lerner as Quinn Goldberg,
7.
Allen
Evangelista as Adam,
8.
Ginny
Gardner as Christina,
9.
Gary
Grubbs as Dr. Lu,
10.
Katie
Garfield as Liv
Producer:
Bradley Fuller,
Andrew Form,
Michael Bay
Production Co:
Insurge Pictures,
MTV Films
Country:
United States
Language:
English,
Review: The new sci-fi film \"Project Almanac\"
tells the story of teens UN agency build a machine and use it for fun and gain
till things get out of hand. in line with reviews, however, the motion-picture
show conjointly seems like it\'s going back in time — and not during a great
way — by victimisation the currently acquainted found-footage approach
popularized by 1999\'s \"Blair Witch Project\" and unnumberable imitators.
Despite delivering some amusing scenes, critics say, director Dean Israelite\'s
film does not quite close.
during a review for the days, Martin Tsai
describes \"Almanac\" because the latest effort in
\"Hollywood\'s on the face of it endless quest to use the found-footage
gimmick to resuscitate any subgenre.\" The film offers some satisfying
moments — \"For once, characters truly try what any people would do with a
time machine: They trip obtain a Powerball price ticket with winning numbers
they recognize in advance\" — however compared with additional existential
time-travel movies like \"Looper\" and \"Predestination,\"
Tsai says, \"the literary work \'Project Almanac\' seems like a leap
backward.\"
The big
apple Times\' Nicolas Rapold equally calls the found-footage conceit a
\"tired trick,\" though \"the want fulfillment of your time
travel tends to be fun to look at.\" He continues: \"There\'s some
insight and humor regarding however finding a workaround for expertise is not
the same issue as living. however nothing here matches the genre\'s small-scale
classic, \'Prime,\' or maybe \'Premature,\' the recent gonzo \'Groundhog Day.\'
one in all [the characters] conjointly mentions \'Looper,\' however the
cognizance does not save the film from fizzling.\"
USA Today\'s
Claudia Puig quips, \"It\'s robust to inform what is shakier in \'Project
Almanac\': the illogical premise or the nausea-inducing tricks. and the way a
couple of moratorium on the found-footage genre? What was once contemporary and
innovative now\'s tired and overdone.\" though the forged of unknowns is
\"likable enough,\" she adds, \"the motion-picture show is way
too fixed within the details,\" and it feels like the filmmakers
\"had no plan a way to conclude the story.\"
he
Associated Press\' Lindsey Bahr asks, \"What have we have a tendency to
done to be another found-footage movie? The tired hand-held technique that
appeared thus contemporary in 1999 … back then wore out its welcome.\"
There area unit pacing problems too: the primary hour of the film \"is
thus unrelentingly paced, it seems like it\'s on fast-forward,\" Bahr
says, although \"when the children finally make out a way to jump back in
time, and everything with mercy slows down, things get pretty fun for a short
time.\" Alas, \"interest wanes because the stakes get higher.\"
In a
additional positive review, the city Times\' Soren Andersen says the film is
\"not as silly because it sounds. Step back a step from \'Almanac,\' and
also the physical object looks on the far side absurd. however whereas it\'s
taking part in, you\'ll reasonably obtain what it\'s commercialism.\" He
adds, \"The image unravels toward the top as [the characters\'] time
meddling comes back to bite them in scenes that feel in haste written and
cheaply staged. however despite its limitations, \'Project Almanac\' is
additional gratifying than it\'s any right to be.\"
