Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 25
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
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Responsibility clashes with freedom as a young New York City couple experiences two decidedly different holidays in this drama from filmmaking duo David Siegel and Scott McGehee (Suture, The Deep End). It's the Fourth of July, and Kate (Lynn Collins) and Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are struggling to make a decision: do they stick with tradition and spend the weekend with Kate's family, or do they set out on their own for a spontaneous adventure? After making their initial decision, an alternate
Nov 13, 2009 Wide
Apr 20, 2010
IFC Films
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (12)
Rain Li's crisp cinematography gives the entwined stories different but complementary visual styles. Paul Zucker's editing supports each genre then poses fresh questions by leaping from one to the other.
The film bets everything on an unconventional structure, but fails to do much with it.
A taut, skillful exercise in cinematic clockwork.
Excellent New York City location shooting and the ever-reliable Joseph Gordon-Levitt can't salvage this gimmicky, overlong thriller from Scott McGehee and David Siegel...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins are so interesting that it's easy to put up with the decision-making dithering that goes along with the title.
The result is some nice atmospherics tethered to a cripplingly half-baked existentialism.
Unfortunately, the movie lacks narrative balance -- not in terms of screen time but in terms of raw audience interest.
Perhaps Uncertainty is a metaphor for the writing process. You start with a blank page then you have to make a decision, any decision, and follow it as far as you can.
Uncertainty is a long gimmick stylishly filmed and moderately enjoyable but plagued by tedious stretches and constant reminders of its own artificiality.
You either swallow it and learn to love it, or you start running.
Some viewers may find fault with the basic idea, but Uncertainty is undeniably fascinating.
A tiny little piece of awesomeness.
Through a purely movie-world concept, the film arrives at some surprisingly real, vivid feelings.
A satisfying romantic drama with two alternate stories and a remarkably fresh and vibrant performance by Lynn Collins.
A brilliantly-conceived, well-executed, micro-budgeted, action-packed thriller which gives a whole new meaning to 4th of July fireworks.
Has an interesting concept along with a terrific cast, stylish cinematography and interesting use of symbolism, but it's often rather bland and too low on imagination, credibility and wit.
Indie drama asks -- but doesn't answer -- big questions.
An odd metaphysical exploration that never stops feeling like a stunt.
The leads are immensely appealing, but the sum of their experiences equals nothing more profound than two earnest people wrestling with a tough decision.
A young couple between a rock and a hard place must choose whether to go to a family dinner or run from gangsters, but only the latter choice is intereting.
Bobby and Kate are puppets on strings, both pulled roundabout through McGehee-Siegel's phony proving ground toward a howler of a final exchange.
Uncertainty is actually a metalinguistic film, where it's the characters who have to decide, by flipping a coin, if they should be part of a sensitive family drama or an action thriller. An interesting indie experiment about uncertain paths, though sometimes a bit bland.
August 30, 2010Super Reviewer
"I'm not afraid of either scenario, but it's just - I want this to be something we're doing, not something we're not doing." A young couple, in love and facing a life-changing decision, find one seemingly ordinary July 4th cleaved in two by the flip of a coin on the Brooklyn Bridge.REVIEWWhat struck me was
October 24, 2010
Super Reviewer
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