Uncertainty

UNCERTAINTY (2008) - Sept. 8, 2008
Hmmm... this was somewhat interesting, but I think I'd classify this as a mostly failed experiment. About the two very different paths a day can take for a young couple, the film features the two stories intercut together, a choice which results in the movie essentially feeling like two movies crammed together. On one hand there is a drama about the couple finding a stray dog and then going to a family dinner, and then on the other hand there is a thriller about the couple finding a cell phone and playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the people who want it back. I kept waiting for there to be some kind of reason as to why these two particular stories should be told together in this format, but it never happens. Nor is the opening ever explained, in which the two characters flip a coin and then go sprinting off in different directions -- I know this was supposed to represent the two different paths the day takes, but why were the characters actually doing that? It doesn't make sense. The performances were all quite good and the film was reasonably well made, but the odd structure never justified itself. **1/2