Retroactive

Retroactive

On a lonely Texas road, time, space and murder are about to collide.

Directed by Louis Morneau

Produced by Orion Pictures, Cohiba Pictures

199791 min6.1 / 10

A dark, time-bending thriller about a psychiatrist's desperate attempts to rewrite a woman's fate across multiple timelines, caught between murder, causality, and the limits of intervention.

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Questions people ask

  • Is Retroactive violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Retroactive scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Retroactive sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Retroactive easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Retroactive end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity49

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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