Not a bad movie for simple late-nite entertainment...but don't expect any depth from this one.
12:01 and Groundhog Day both posit a hapless fellow caught in an enternally recurring day. Whereas 12:01 tries to explain the "time bounce" in terms of some pseudo-physical mumbo-jumbo (utterly laughable to anyone who knows anything about the subject), Groundhog Day dispenses with all such explanations, and basically focuses on the effects of the anomaly on the main character.
The quasi-physics lecture is so much nonsense. In both movies, the only aspect of interest is the effect of the (semi-) eternal recurrence on the hero. Groundhog Day is the most optimistic of movies--it tells us that humans are malleable, perfectible, if they're only given enough time, if they're just made to face their own faults, recognize that they depend on others. In contrast, 12:01 is not a particularly bad movie, but it doesn't begin to aspire to the same grand heights. It is a popcorn movie, promptly forgotten. It teaches us no grand truths; it does not inspire, or edify, or enlighten.
12:01 and Groundhog Day both posit a hapless fellow caught in an enternally recurring day. Whereas 12:01 tries to explain the "time bounce" in terms of some pseudo-physical mumbo-jumbo (utterly laughable to anyone who knows anything about the subject), Groundhog Day dispenses with all such explanations, and basically focuses on the effects of the anomaly on the main character.
The quasi-physics lecture is so much nonsense. In both movies, the only aspect of interest is the effect of the (semi-) eternal recurrence on the hero. Groundhog Day is the most optimistic of movies--it tells us that humans are malleable, perfectible, if they're only given enough time, if they're just made to face their own faults, recognize that they depend on others. In contrast, 12:01 is not a particularly bad movie, but it doesn't begin to aspire to the same grand heights. It is a popcorn movie, promptly forgotten. It teaches us no grand truths; it does not inspire, or edify, or enlighten.