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Movie Overview
Cast
• Sandra Bullock
• Julian McMahon
• Nia Long
Director
• Mennan Yapo
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some violent content, disturbing images, thematic material and brief language
Premonition (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 3% Rotten
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"Unfortunately, not even Sandra Bullock's ability to make us almost forget the ridiculous plot forced upon her can save 'Premonition.'"  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

C-
"Premonition is the kind of movie where you can keep a running count of the films it's ripping off -- but you may need more than two hands."  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

C
"Screenwriter Bill Kelly has some wild ideas for this mental time bomb, but he has problems organizing the thrills and the chills in the correct order for maximum unease."  OhmyNews.com  Brian Orndorf

C-
"Ageless beauty Sandra Bullock gives her typical automated performance in a superficial cross between the recent "Deja Vu" and Bullock's own excruciating movie "The Lake House.""  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"Linda's routine looks pretty much like updated Donna Reed: no wonder she wants out."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

1/5
"Bullock has overcome dozens of similar turkeys in her career. For example, it would be nice to be able to forget 'Speed 2: Cruise Control.' Yapo, however, will have to cure cancer, AIDS and leprosy before viewers will forgive him for this movie."  eFilmCritic.com  Dan Lybarger

2/4
"Surprisingly slow and relentlessly absurd..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"Considering that nothing adds up in the end, it is difficult to understand why a star of Sandra Bullock's caliber would agree to get involved."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

C
"Just a rehashed 'Twilight Zone' plot stretched over 90 minutes while Sandra Bullock stumbles around working on her 'baffled' face."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1/4
"A lethargic thriller that appears to just give up several times over, even foregoing the twist ending it seems destined for."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

C+
"Yes, in the end Premonition slips through our fingers, but by gum, it's interesting, and one of the most abstract mainstream releases I've seen in a long time."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2/4
"This faceless frightfest begs the only one genuinely true psychological question at large: what prompted Bullock to be drawn to this mindless, moping mystical material?"  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

D-
"I had a feeling this movie wasn't going to be any good, and as it turns out I was right...both confusingly opaque and frustratingly simple-minded."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2.5/4
"Although aspects of Premonition tantalize, other elements frustrate, and that makes for an uneasy final result."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2/5
"An intriguing, if not entirely original premise to be sure, but Premonition never quite builds up the momentum that seems so inherent to its narrative."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

2/4
"Pacing stutters as Bullock reorganizes her tangled web and dreams of Miss Congeniality 3."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"Save your money and time. If it weren’t for the special effects blowing up the budget, this would have been just perfect as a Lifetime movie."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

2.0/4.0
"One can still hear Ebeneezer Scrooge lament, "Why show me this if I am past all hope?""  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

1/5
"so full of logic flaws, continuity errors... it's amazing the screenwriter or director couldn't foresee the train wreck of a film it becomes"  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

1/4
"The script's vague, silly "explanation" for Linda's experiences -- nature abhors a spiritual vacuum, so weird stuff happens to the faithless -- is the icing on the irritation cake."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"A messy movie but one that at least cares enough about its central character."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

C
"Premonition's way of dressing its marital crisis material in Twilight Zone garb grabs attention but looks flimsy upon further inspection."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

"You know those 'In a world where...' movie trailers? Well, Premonition's would start out: 'In a world where no one has ever seen Groundhog Day...'"  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

1/4
"Premonition is a shoo-in for my list of the year's worst films, assuming that I can even remember what it is nine months from now."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

D
"One reality Bullock unfortunately can't change is the ineluctable trudge toward the appallingly boneheaded ending."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

1/4
"Damn if the movie doesn't work hard, through not working hard at all, at setting some sort of record for dreary ridiculousness."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

2/5
"Sem conseguir se definir como suspense, ficção científica ou drama, o longa finalmente revela seu vácuo criativo ao entregar-se a uma pregação pseudo-espiritual tola e superficial."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

2/5
"Instead of cranking up the suspense, the film turns into mush."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

5/10
"Sandra Bullock morphs from the shopping mall rom-com queen to the sixth sense psycho but can't pull it off in this solo performance of woman's intuition gone bad."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

2.5/5
"answers most of its mysteries, even if the resolutions are disappointingly vague"  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

"The picture can't decide between cheap scares or deep thoughts, so it goes for both."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

"[The filmmakers] are victims of the exquisitely misguided notion -- all too common in thrillers these days -- that if they throw in enough twists, audiences will become so engaged that they won't notice cathedral-size plot holes."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

4/10
"It's a pointless race against time."  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

3/10
"The film doesn't have any meaning. Not just because it's bad. Because at the very end, it's very obvious that there wasn't any point to anything."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

0/4
"I like that they use crows, because the stink of this carrion has flushed out a few guilty jackdaws."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

3/4
"A time-twisting drama that ties every detail together in a satisfying conclusion. Sandra Bullock gives one of her best performances to date."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

2/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 3% Rotten
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