As "Aporia" (2023 release; 103 min) opens, we are introduced to Sophie. It's been a year or so since her husband was killed by a drink driver, and she is not coping well, to say the least. On top of that, the court case against the drunk driver is also struggling. Then one day a friend mentions that he is working on a time machine of sorts. Sophie is skeptical...
Couple of comments: this is directed by Jared Moshe ("The Ballad of Lefty Brown"). Here he comes up with a slight twist on the time travel concept: the person does not go back in time, no: the past comes to the person in the present! What an idea. Except that the movie is so subdued, from the get-go, that it feels like everyone is sleepwalking through the story. Some might call it "low fi" sci-fi but I found it difficult to muster much enthusiasm as a result. Judy Greer as the grieving Sophie does the best she can with the rather weak material that she is given.
After a short/limited theater run, "Aporia" started streaming on Hulu, where I caught it the other night. If you have any interest in time machines or time travel, I'd suggest you check it out, with tempered expectations, and draw your own conclusion.
Couple of comments: this is directed by Jared Moshe ("The Ballad of Lefty Brown"). Here he comes up with a slight twist on the time travel concept: the person does not go back in time, no: the past comes to the person in the present! What an idea. Except that the movie is so subdued, from the get-go, that it feels like everyone is sleepwalking through the story. Some might call it "low fi" sci-fi but I found it difficult to muster much enthusiasm as a result. Judy Greer as the grieving Sophie does the best she can with the rather weak material that she is given.
After a short/limited theater run, "Aporia" started streaming on Hulu, where I caught it the other night. If you have any interest in time machines or time travel, I'd suggest you check it out, with tempered expectations, and draw your own conclusion.