Knowing (2009)

- written 11/20/09

Summary: In 1959, William Dawes Elementary School in Massachusetts buries a time capsule on the school grounds, to be opened in 50 years time. Each of the students puts in a drawing of what they believe the future will look like. Young Lucinda Embry’s contribution is a page of numbers. In 2009, John Koestler is a professor at MIT who is raising his son on his own after the death of his wife. John goes with Caleb to the school for the opening of the time capsule and of course the piece of paper that Caleb pulls out happens to be Lucinda’s page. Afterwards, John realizes that each numeric sequence contains the date of a disaster that occurred after the time capsule was buried and the exact number of people killed in it. John realizes that three of the disasters have not occurred. He needs to find out if he can stop these disasters before they occur.           Overall: Frankly I didn’t really think much of the film. It was very far-fetched...a very slow film that frankly seemed to be confusing its own characters as well as the audience. Great effects for sure…but nothing more than an elaboration on the Jim Carrey film “The Number 23.”           Comparison: The Arrival meets Day After Tomorrow

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