I was excited seeing this title on my Netflix recommended list since I'm a big fan of Spanish thrillers. This one started off well enough but became more and more unbelievable and annoying the further we went through it. The characters' actions just didn't make much sense. A few examples:
1. The kid: What kid runs into a neighbor's house when he sees them arguing violently? And then later: why would he break in when he sees the neighbor leave? Why not call the police? That would have solved everything (and made for a much shorter, less aggravating movie).
2. The mother: I understand that the whole time travel/parallel universe thing would be confusing, but the mother (who is intelligent enough, considering she's a surgeon) just can't seem to get a grip on it. She harasses other people throughout the movie, acting like they're the crazy ones, when clearly she should just be playing along in order to figure out how to get back into her own universe.
3. The professor. This is the most ridiculous character in the movie. She wrote a book about time travel and parallel universes based on what the kid's mother told her, but failed to talk to the kid or even find out if the kid existed. Absolutely ridiculous. That whole scene seemed like something from a parody movie.
4. The cop. Does he have nothing better to do in his job than to keep chasing down the mother? First off, how does he find her at the airport? Then why attend a university lecture with the mother when you could just call the professor? Then later, when we find out he's married to the mother, why didn't the other cops mention the fact that it's pretty stinking weird that she knew where the body was buried? And this is to say nothing of the creepiness that he essentially planned to manipulate this woman to be with him since childhood.
This isn't even the full list of issues with this movie. With more rational characters (and no ridiculous professor segment), this could have been a much better movie.
1. The kid: What kid runs into a neighbor's house when he sees them arguing violently? And then later: why would he break in when he sees the neighbor leave? Why not call the police? That would have solved everything (and made for a much shorter, less aggravating movie).
2. The mother: I understand that the whole time travel/parallel universe thing would be confusing, but the mother (who is intelligent enough, considering she's a surgeon) just can't seem to get a grip on it. She harasses other people throughout the movie, acting like they're the crazy ones, when clearly she should just be playing along in order to figure out how to get back into her own universe.
3. The professor. This is the most ridiculous character in the movie. She wrote a book about time travel and parallel universes based on what the kid's mother told her, but failed to talk to the kid or even find out if the kid existed. Absolutely ridiculous. That whole scene seemed like something from a parody movie.
4. The cop. Does he have nothing better to do in his job than to keep chasing down the mother? First off, how does he find her at the airport? Then why attend a university lecture with the mother when you could just call the professor? Then later, when we find out he's married to the mother, why didn't the other cops mention the fact that it's pretty stinking weird that she knew where the body was buried? And this is to say nothing of the creepiness that he essentially planned to manipulate this woman to be with him since childhood.
This isn't even the full list of issues with this movie. With more rational characters (and no ridiculous professor segment), this could have been a much better movie.