Summary
Sci-fi drama starring Amy Landecker and Jonny Weston. A brilliant science student glimpses his teenage self in video footage his dad shot at his seventh birthday party.
Sci-fi drama starring Amy Landecker and Jonny Weston. A brilliant science student glimpses his teenage self in video footage his dad shot at his seventh birthday party.
It's a brave time-travel adventure that dares reference Looper and the Terminator franchise. Director Dean Israelite's found-footage B-movie is nowhere near as noteworthy as either, and nobody chronicles their life on camcorder 24/7 like they do here, but it's a pretty fast and fun ride through teen angst and "temporal relocation" clichés. Brilliant science student Jonny Weston and his nerdy friends uncover blueprints for a time machine in his late inventor father's basement workshop. Soon they're zipping through time zones making their high-school days more bearable and winning the lottery. But a series of butterfly effects starts impacting on their present with devastating results. Project Almanac shows much more ambition than usual for movies with the tedious subjective camera gimmick, its young characters are intelligent for a change, the script has a winning humorous strain and its top-notch visuals really help the core conceit. A hectic but better than expected entertainment.
role | name |
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David Raskin | Jonny Weston |
Kathy Raskin | Amy Landecker |
Christina Raskin | Virginia Gardner |
Adam Le | Allen Evangelista |
Quinn Goldberg | Sam Lerner |
Ben Raskin | Gary Weeks |
Jessie Pierce | Sofia Black-D'Elia |
Sarah Nathan | Michelle DeFraites |
role | name |
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Director | Dean Israelite |