This Sandra Bullock thriller is topping the Netflix charts – is it worth watching?
Sometimes a film comes along that astonishes everyonewith such a low critical Rotten Tomatoes rating that it becomes a morbid curiosity to know exactly What went wrong.
One such movie is Foreboding, starring Sandra Bullock as a woman trying to save her husband from an impending car accident she had anticipated.
While it’s never been reclaimed as an underrated gem – and for good reason – it’s still worth checking out just to see how bad it could be.
Premonition is now streaming on Netflix, and we’ve built a case for why it still deserves a watch.
It’s not ‘so bad it’s good’, it’s ‘so bad it’s crazy’
Premonition begins on the day that Linda Hanson (Bullock) discovers that her husband has died the previous day, and the story sees her go back and forth between living with him dead and living with him alive. The first day he’s dead, the next day he’s back, and so on. If this premise didn’t already sound ridiculous, there’s more where that came from.
Due to the weird, time-consuming way the story is told, there are numerous plot holes and inconsistencies that the filmmakers seem to hope the audience simply won’t notice – including one involving Linda’s daughter crashing through a glass window. But perhaps even more confusing is the fact that the film is not only told non-linearly for us, but is also a confused sequence of events for Linda. So basically everyone is confused and everyone is annoyed. At one point, Linda ends up in a psychiatric hospital, where she uses her supernatural powers to commit countless crimes. It’s stupid, but sometimes it’s fun to be annoyed by a stupid movie.
Sandra Bullock gives a great performance despite everything else
When has Sandra Bullock ever given a bad performance? I mean, her did win one Golden Raspberry for her performance in Everything about Stevewhich I think means more than if she wasn’t nominated at all. Ultimately, it’s Bullock who carries Premonitionanchoring the poor story and boring performance with her committed emotional performance that gives weight to her character and story.
Because despite everything else that’s wrong with the film, Bullock successfully conveys a maelstrom of emotions: fear, confusion, sadness, and heartbreak, and she does so authentically. Even when a scene may not work, it’s Bullock’s ability to portray anger and sadness that keeps everything grounded. It’s the same emotional range that would eventually earn her an Academy Award immediately after accepting her infamous Razzie. When nothing else works, Bullock works. That should be some kind of motto.
It will inspire you to watch other, better films
If you end up looking Premonition and absolutely nothing works for you, and the film amounts to nothing more than a colossal waste of time, and you feel angry and cheated, at the very least you can’t say that it hasn’t left you with a greater appreciation and desire to watch similar, much better films. Premonition can’t really exist without movies like Groundhog Day, Memento And The sixth sense, all classics.
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Maybe you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, “Why bother watching a bad movie when I can just skip it and go straight to the movie?” Memento?” If you do that, you’re completely missing the point. To look Premonition will make Memento hit so much better – a bit like chasing a bitter, terrible shot with a delicious swig of pickle juice.
