Minor Premise

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Minor Premise

2020

1h 34m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Attempting to surpass his father's legacy, a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his experiment, pitting 10 fragments of his consciousness against each other.

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Minor Premise offers major enjoyment for sci-fi fans in search of an intelligent, grounded entry in the genre.

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Bob Strauss

San Francisco Chronicle

The premises within "The Premise" yield stories crafted with care and played-out with sincere commitment - even when it's all in the service of snide irony.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 14, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Unlike Nolan's emotionally deficient behemoths, Schultz's scrappy gem fires up the heart as well as the brain.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 31, 2020

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

It asks us to suspend disbelief in order to work through some concepts about memory and identity that real scientists spend their lives on. Happily, it never feels like homework.

Dec 4, 2020

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

Schultz works magic to haul you into the story, provoking you to engage with these deep scientific advancements and the implications it could very well have on our daily lives.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 26, 2024

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Jeff Ewing

Forbes

It’s a well-executed and thoughtful concept that has some truly novel thriller elements and an excellent command of pacing, making it one of the best sci-fi films of the last few years.

Jun 30, 2023

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

This smart sci-fi thriller doesn’t give viewers easy answers, nor does it need a huge budget to make its mark as a clever genre entry.

Aug 17, 2022

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Alex K

Like a lot of scifi movies, I think the premise is very cool but the acting and execution lacks a bit. It feels like a low budget movie, but for what they are able to get within that realm I thought they'd did an excellent job. I thought that the ending was a bit telegraphed, and it likely could have been cut down a bit since it started to feel like the same old, same old approximately halfway through. A fun parallel that I'm not sure was intentional, was they told the story in a somewhat fragmented matter, which I am interpreting to be a symbol of the premise of this movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Jeffrey P

Slow, mildly intriguing despite leaning too heavily on the science aspects to allow for a grasp upon the premise... should have been titled 'No Premise.' Not a bad premise, just very poorly executed.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Adrian S

very good. fascinating how small behaviour changes give impression of major character differences. deserves to be far better known. hope the team who made it are funded for more projects.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/23

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Bessie B

I liked this movie a lot. Very interesting concept, good acting, no boring scenes or bad dialogue. The only thing I think could have been better was the ending — I loved the ending itself, despite seeing it coming, but I think Allie could have been a little bit better about verifying which Ethan she was talking to….

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/29/23

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Saint

I really enjoyed this movie. It reminds me of Primer and feels like it belongs in the same subgenre category!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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Paul G

It's a futuristic play on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde but it's just not not interesting enough for me.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/20/23

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Synopsis

Attempting to surpass his father's legacy, a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his experiment, pitting 10 fragments of his consciousness against each other.

Director: Eric Schultz
Producer: Justin Moretto, Ross O'Connor, Eric Schultz, Nicolai Schwarzkopf, Thomas Torrey
Screenwriter: Eric Schultz, Justin Moretto, Thomas Torrey
Production Co: Bad Theology, Uncorked Productions, Relic Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 4, 2020
Runtime: 1h 34m

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