The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Donovan's Echo
Fantasy · Mystery · Drama · 2011
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
Movie details
Donovan's Echo
2011 Fantasy · Mystery · Drama 1h 32m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Donovan's Echo?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jim Cliffe
Written by
Jim Cliffe · Melodie Krieger
Danny Glover
Donovan Matheson
Natasha Calis
Maggie
Bruce Greenwood
Finnley
Sonja Bennett
Sarah
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Kyarra Willis
Magnolia Matheson
Karen Holness
Jasmine Matheson
Kevin McNulty
Dean Belton
Court is in session
Put Donovan's Echo on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.