Pros: Great performances anchor this film with a bizarre plot. Jack and Babette Gladsey (Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig) are great together as the lively new age couple, she jogs up and down bleachers and he is a college professor regarding the life of Hitler, almost as though he attempts to justify Hitler's morbid actions throughout his life solely because his childhood sucked. Despite the odd plot, the film keeps your attention and remains unpredictable.
Cons: Yes, the plot is odd and this film is basically a psychological, science-fiction thriller, and it isn't always executed properly and honestly, there isn't really a point to this film, but that's my biggest complaint, it simply wasn't to my taste.
Recommend: Maybe
Grade: B
Side Notes:
-The supporting cast is sparse but good including Don Cheadle who utterly adores Elvis, someone else who had an unhealthy relationship with his mother, Jodie Turner-Smith and Bill Camp in a wicked, little cameo.
-Taking an experimental drug is never a good idea.
-Despite this marriage being the fourth for both Jack and Babette, their previous spouses are never mentioned and all the kids appear to live with them full time.
-Even though crashes, car or train, are devastating, you can't look away.
-The toxic air eventually leaves, forcing Jack to confront his deep-seeded fear of dying.
-The end credit scene is unlike anything I had ever seen before.
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