Premonition

2007
PG-13
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

83K

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Drama Fantasy Mystery Thriller

A depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to ... Read allA depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to find that he's dead.A depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to find that he's dead.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

83K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
(at around 39 mins) When Sandra Bullock was restrained and struggling in the hospital scene she really did cut herself by accident. So instead of using a body double for the injection, it really was Bullock who got the Tetanus shot in the scene.

Goofs
On day #1 of the movie, Jim dies. Older daughter Bridgette should have stitches on her face from going through the glass sliding door while her father was alive earlier that week, but her face is completely clear--no scarring, no stitches.

However the way the "time travel" works in the movie is that Linda re-lives the days leading up to Jim's accident, changing what happens on those days. Only the second time around did Bridgette cut her face, so from the perspective of the other characters, her face on Friday (funeral day) is suddenly cut up.

Quotes
Father Kennedy: You see, history's full of unexplained phenomena. Nobody knows why. Some people thought they suffered from what the ancients called "Blasphemare absens fides": The dangers of the faithless.
Linda Hanson: The faithless?
Father Kennedy: It's the notion that nature abhors a vacuum, even a spiritual one. People who've lost their beliefs, they're like empty vessels, more susceptible to having their lives taken over by forces bigger than themselves
Linda Hanson: Almost like a curse.
Father Kennedy: Or a miracle.
Linda Hanson: Yeah, well, I don't believe in miracles.
Father Kennedy: Every day we're alive can be a miracle, Linda.
Linda Hanson: Well, it doesn't feel that way. Not that way. Father, something bad is going to happen. I need your... I need your help. I need your direction. I need faith.
Father Kennedy: Faith is just believing in something beyond yourself, something you can't feel, or smell, or touch... like hope or love.
Linda Hanson: I believe I've let all that go.
Father Kennedy: Maybe you should try and get it back again, huh?
Linda Hanson: But if it's too late...
Father Kennedy: It's never too late to realize what's important in your life, to fight for it.
Linda Hanson: I don't know what to fight for.

Connections
Featured in Biography: Sandra Bullock: In the Driver's Seat (2005)

Soundtracks
Who Killed Cock Robin?
(uncredited)
Traditional English nursery rhyme
Performed by Shyann McClure and Courtney Taylor Burness

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Underwhelming ending

Going into this film I had a strong disliking towards Sandra Bullock and did this film help? No, not really.

So to start, the first 45 mins of the film is actually really good, I'd argue it's 8/10 good. The plot is set out nicely, the changing between present and future was done subtly, but noticeable and the film had a very nice pace to it. No boring moments. But ultimately, it was just interesting. I was hooked in from the first minute and I wanted to know more, what's going to happen next? How does it get resolved?

Unfortunately, this is where is all goes downhill for me and the rating drops and drops. The pace of the film comes to a complete standstill almost, nothing of value is really happening anymore. With a film like this you are waiting for that one big "wow" moment, the scenes that tie up everything. And it just never comes.

The film ends, and without spoiling, solves absolutely nothing. Meaning the whole film was a huge waste of time. Stupid character decisions didn't help the cause either! (You'll be annoyed also if you watch). As stated in the title, it was all just incredibly underwhelming. The pace really didn't help and by the time the film was wrapping up, I just wanted it done. That moment of being hooked in had gone and I just became bored at the lack of things happening.

But yeah, sadly this film just goes downhill, which is a shame because it could have been really great if done a bit differently. 5/10 from me. Slap down the middle, average!