Oh Sandra-Dee!

I love Sandra Bullock. So I assumed when I went to the theater a while ago to see her latest movie it would make me as happy as Ms. Congeniality. But I was disappointed. This movie, to put it lightly, was a flop. The movie Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock, is about a married couple Linda (Bullock) and Jim (Julian McMahon). Linda wakes up one day and she is having a normal day when the doorbell ring and an police officer informs her that her husband is dead. She is distraught and goes through the day telling her kids, preparing for arrangements and grieving. She wakes up the next day and finds her husband still alive. She had a premonition but it was so real that she thought it had happened. So every other day her husband is dead and she is a widow, while the others she has her loving husband by her side. But there is also a side plot of infidelity and other problems within the marriage. Bullock does everything she can to try and stop the death of her husband that she knows is coming but she can't and he eventually dies in a car accident exactly how she saw it.


The plot was terrible, poorly written and hard to follow. I had no idea what was happening and I wanted to get up and leave. Not only is she trying to save her "dead" husband she is also trying to prevent him from cheating on her, too much. This was probably up there with one of the worst movies ive ever seen and I am so disappointed in Bullock, she normally does so much better. There aren't many themes in this movie. Death and destruction, infidelity and family are the prevalent ones but they are so intertwined it is hard to get anything out of this movie. Linda is a devoted wife and mother who is overworked with the stress of running a household. She loves her husband but doesn't have much time for him. She seems sincere but honestly I just didn't believe it. It was just that horrible. Jim is the character that she loves and he is a great father but not so great husband. He considers cheating on his wife and he is the one she is supposed to be grieving over.

Linda: I wake up and he's dead. I wake up and he's alive.

The above quot is the entire plot of the movie. The acting wasn't that bad, it would be better if the movie itself was good. The directing and the writing combined are just terrible. A confusing plot, an overwhelming soundtrack. Unnecessary details added, like Bullock smoking when it has nothing to do with the plot or anything for that matter. Scenes are disjointed, not just the ones Jim dies and then comes back to life. The entire movie is confusing, weird and just plain bad. Don't waste money by seeing this. I hope Sandra chooses a better project to work on than this next time, I miss her witty lines and slapstick humor. She should just stick to movies that make us cry from laughter, not from pain.