Premonition (2007)

Sandra Bullock
Julian McMahon
Mark Famiglietti
Nia Long
Kate Nelligan

Directed by Mennan Yapo

Plot: Linda Hanson has a beautiful house, a loving husband and two adorable daughters. Her life is perfect, until the day she receives the devastating news that her husband Jim has died in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning to find him alive and well, she assumes it was all a dream, but is shaken by how vivid it felt. She soon realizes it wasn't a dream, and her world is turned upside down as the surreal circumstances lead her to discover that her perfect life may not have been all that it appeared. Desperate to save her family, Linda begins a furious race against time and fate to try and preserve everything that she and Jim have built together.

Review: I like Sandra Bullock okay, but have never been blown away by her. I thought this movie looked kind of cool, but didn’t get too excited. After seeing more trailers and the poster art I really thought this movie was going to be cool. Since my wife is a big Bullock fan I took the chance.

The story to this movie is okay, but not near as interesting as I expected. The performances were okay, but nothing special. The overall movie was somewhat enjoyable, but still seemed to fall short for me. As complicated as the premise was, it wasn’t that hard to figure out, which took away some of the suspense. My biggest issue was that some of the film seemed to drag on. It seemed to take forever to actually get to the point and periodically had the same issue. The film isn’t that long, but could have been cut down in places. Was this a bad movie? No, it was enjoyable to a point, but overall nothing really that special. I think fans of Bullock will enjoy it.
 

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