Extremely low budget, but inspired and entertaining. At times I felt reminded of Gaiman's Neverwhere, and there's also some part 12 Monkeys.
Writer / director Dennis Curlett also plays the protagonist's sidekick from the future, and in this role carries the movie. I can't wait to see more of his work.
Paradox Lost
2021
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Paradox Lost
2021
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Keywords: time traveltime paradox
Plot summary
Fearing he'll never be a success, Barnaby Bates, a struggling LA comedy writer, pulls away from a blossoming romantic relationship with Rose, an empathetic young photographer, in order to focus on his career. Things get complicated when he's visited by a mysterious stranger from the future who warns that the world as Barnaby knows it will soon be coming to an end.
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Watch out for the lobster people!
Great low budget flick
Great low budget flick that uses the time travel theme to its advantage, and in a very resourceful way untangles itself from the potential mess of writing a script about time travel by writing it inside the script itself. I found that very clever, lending the script a whole other level.
The only not-so-great thing about this movie is the blatant amateurishness of 99% of the cast, including the lead man and woman, in contrast with the main supporting character who does a great job.
Fun film for light viewing
The actors work hard in this sweet-natured film about time travel and time paradoxes. What I enjoy about titles like this is that they include inventive ideas that would never have made it into larger-budgeted productions - like the "cake test" for determining whether a time paradox has occurred. Don't worry so much about internal time travel logic - this film is more about human relationships.
Would have bumped it to 6.5, if that rating was available.