Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

gengar843 BOTTOM LINE FIRST: Very good time-paradox film, but not for everyone.THE GOOD: Looks better than the $9000 or so budget! Swift dialogue keeps you interested and packs a ton of information, even if ersatz. Regressive paradoxes are illuminated as having moral, ethical, and physical impact, facets not explored enough in other such films.THE SORTA BAD: Characters tend to one-dimensional, ironically, even with Woody Allen-esque home-setting plot devices. Many thin subplots essentially self-consciously placed to keep things "realistic." Resolutions of conflicts are sketchy or non-existent, and the final resolution lacks the emotional punch necessary to put the exclamation point on.ALL IN ALL: Talky drama will not appeal to everyone, and confusing story is somewhat frustrating, BUT it's original, pleasing enough to the eye, and you can't fault the filmmaker for his messages. NOTE: "Primer" has to do with being the top dog of the chain, the blockchain if you will.

zo-zdraveski Nothing good in this movie, it felt like recorded with mobile phone camera, terrible acting, terrible movie

bajungadustin Pay no attention to the bad reviews they can't appreciate the uniqueness of this and for some reason I can't understand they expect this first time director and crew who mostly all have no experience to produce a big budget Hollywood production. Oh well their loss.. But let me explain why this movie is so good.First off Primer does not throw its plot in your face. You are essentially an outsider getting bits and pieces of information along the way just like the main characters.There is some technical jargon throughout the film that you don't really need to understand.. The only thing that you really need to understand is literally drawn out for you. The rest is fairly easy to infer from context. This film is directed by an engineer and this take on a time travel movie takes something that most time travel movies just kind of do whatever and don't explain the way it works. (think Flux capacitor was the only thing that back to the future said and you were just supposed to take it and run with it) primer doesn't do that. It actually gives you an explanation of why time travel in the movie works.. And it's so good that I bet some real engineers have messed with it after seeing this. That in itself is worth watching the movie.. Its brilliant. Because of the way the time travel works in this movie also helps develop the movie and the story falls into place. You as the viewer receive information at the same pace as the characters in the film and you understand things (or don't understand things) at the same rate they do. This is a very realistic movie and I could see real engineers handling this the exact same way as the main characters.Since this is a first time director you are not going to see a lot of fancy shot and there is no cgi or special effects. And it gives it a very nice overall feel of watching a documentary about the discovery of time travel but with better camera work than a documentary. Most of the lighting is all natural. There are no sets. The night scenes are night with enough lighting to see what you need but not so much that you are like "why are their two moons?"Primer is a journey into discovery. You get to enjoy the discovery with the characters and follow them through what unfolds. You will have some questions at the end but not much. There are guides out there that go into a lot of detail to really over explain the time line of the movie but you don't need it. Some information you might be looking for simply isn't in the film at all.. But if the information you are looking for wasn't known by the main characters.. You won't know it either (unless you are bold enough to watch with commentary... I never watch a movie with commentary.. Ever.. And I watched both director and crew commentary on this because I thoroughly enjoyed this movie way more than I thought I would.)Watch this movie.. Pay attention.. Listen.. And enjoy one of the best movies I have ever seen.

Moe Szyslak Half of the dialogue is made up of pointless and monotonous technical rambling that gives little insight to the practical theory of the machine with a plot that lacks content and completely wastes the premise of time travel on an uncreative drawn out sequence of repetitive dialogues. By the end the two main protagonists gave me a headache, hearing the same dull monotonal voices drained the life out of me. Watch this movie if you if you want dementia.