Writing, I guess
All too often, it feels as though time-travel movies are confusing for the sake of being confusing. A complex timeline not for the sake of thematic complexity, but instead so that people will tell their friends about how confusing the movie is. Understanding and dissecting the film become a pseudo-scientific endeavor, rather than an artistic one…. Primer is, pun not intended, a prime example of this.
There is so much beauty in the craftsmanship of Runner, especially the cinematography and composition. But at the same time, there are deep rooted problems, most notably the weak plot and try-hard dialogue.
[Relative] clearly wants to be about complication, but just isn’t. Characters throughout the film describe the Frank family as dysfunctional. While individual characters are dysfunctional, that dysfunction is shown to stem from the family itself or how it functions