There is a lot to like in LINOLEUM: good camera work, very solid performances, decent direction and a soundtrack that kinda overdoes it with its fantastical positivity but is servicable nonetheless.
However, there is a very fundamental flaw in its premise: would the characters actually look like you would expect older or younger versions of themselves to look like, the whole "twist" would fall flat on its belly. And in this whole affair lies the biggest problem for me. I smelled what the writer/director was cooking after about ten minutes. If you have some film experience, you might have had the same problem, and while it is still nice to watch everything unfold, the whole "life changing surprise" and "profoundness" just doesn't happen.
All in all this is really too bad, since, with a more cunningly written plot, this film could have been really great. As it is, it was a bit pointless.
However, there is a very fundamental flaw in its premise: would the characters actually look like you would expect older or younger versions of themselves to look like, the whole "twist" would fall flat on its belly. And in this whole affair lies the biggest problem for me. I smelled what the writer/director was cooking after about ten minutes. If you have some film experience, you might have had the same problem, and while it is still nice to watch everything unfold, the whole "life changing surprise" and "profoundness" just doesn't happen.
All in all this is really too bad, since, with a more cunningly written plot, this film could have been really great. As it is, it was a bit pointless.