Summary
4 tech score
“Curvature” (1inMM Productions)
“Curvature” is a sci-fi movie on the cusp. It has a good storyline, good acting, and just enough science data to make its premise possible. But the pacing of the film, the weakness of acting talent among the supporting players, and the under utilization of the talents of Linda Hamilton keeps it from achieving the success within its reach. It is a good solid effort but in the end a failed one.
Helen (Lyndsy Fonseca) is a young woman grieving the death of her husband Wells (Noah Bean). A brilliant scientist he and his partner Tomas (Glen Morshower) were on the brink of some amazing discoveries. But then Wells took his own life leaving Helen heart broken and with a million questions. Later when Tomas asks her if he can continue the work he and Wells were working in she agrees.
Slowly she begins to restart her life and agrees to return to her job. But once she returns she blanks out and awakes to find three days have passed. She enlists the help of her best friend Alex (Zach Avery) and they try to piece together the past thirty-six hours which she can not remember. She realizes Wells was working on some type of time travel experiment and becomes convinced she and another Helen are both alive at the same time.
Fonseca is very good as Helen and Morshower hits all the right notes as Tomas. Linda Hamilton has two or three scenes as a scientist friend of Helen’s but her charm and talent are completely wasted in the role. As Alex, Avery is completely ineffective and Bean’s Wells falls into the same mode.
The film is not rated but does contain profanity and violence.
The movie introduces an interesting and compelling story but never follows it through completely. When the film ends the audience is left with one question after another. Still there is enough of a core plot to make the whole thing interesting. Plus Fonseca, Morshower and Hamilton are talented enough to make some of the scenes really come alive.
Years from now people will talk about “Curvature” as the first film they saw directed by Diego Hallivis. They will remember how they saw that spark of talent on display and how it grew with each and every feature he directed after that film with so much potential.
I scored “Curvature” a straightened 4 out of 10.
