Minor Premise

Minor Premise: In ways a bit like Split because neuro-scientist has split his consciousness into ten different parts, Trouble is he did it deliberately to troubleshoot a memory editing device , the different segments control him for six minutes at a time. Leaving him with blackouts, some his personalities are creative others are violent. This affects his lif and continuing grants as a researcher, his relationships and even his continued existence. The editing is good ar tines especially when he tries to get the maths of his experimental machine to work out. But it can also be confusing as it chops and cuts between timelines. Pay close attention. To this interesting SF tale about memory and consciousness.. Directed by Eric Schultz in his directorial debut. He co-wrote the script alongside Justin Moretto and Thomas Torrey. 7/10.

A great movie. I like it. And who does not, you just did not understand him.

It was a really interesting concept with the split personality angle but difficult to grasp the thread of what was happening for much of the film. This would have been fine if you were invested in the characters but they were hard to root for as their motivations just did not seem convincing. I didn't really believe in the protaganists passionate, single minded pursuit of "the work" nor his partner's total commitment to stick by him in the most extreme circumstances. A great example of how to execute this kind of story really well is Shane Carruth's 2004 film 'Primer' and although Minor Premise evoked some aspects of that film it was much less enjoyable, for me.

I'm not sure what the point of this movie was. I really did not enjoy it. Tedious and seemed much longer than the actual run time. Not sure why so many people found this to be a good movie.

Neuroscientist Ethan Kocher attempts to continue his father's work in the study of brain patterns. However, when he carries out an experiment on himself he finds that his brain has been divided into several distinct personalities (one particular personality is a dangerous one). This isn't the only concern to Ethan though as he soon learns that he must try and reverse the procedure as soon as possible before his brain is destroyed completely...

Despite its short running time, Minor Premise does take a bit of time to get going (the start is filled with seminars and mind-boggling jargon which I suspect will go over some people's heads). It improves ever so slightly once Ethan starts to focus on his father's work. Sadly though, a lot of the time we're just seeing fleeting moments of Ethan's varying personalities and they never seem to get explored in any kind of depth (this is a problem inherent in making a film focusing on multiple personalities). For this reason, I never found the film to be particularly involving; if anything it's repetitive and quite boring.

Lead actors Sathya Sridharan and Paton Ashbrook give reasonable performances, but their efforts are mostly wasted in something as dreary as this. I would have preferred it if Ethan's 'normal' personality had a bit more charisma, charm and likeability as at the very least the film would have given us someone to root for, but I just found myself not really caring here.

In short then, Minor Premise is an interesting idea mostly wasted due to its lack of depth and repetitive nature which made the film tedious more than anything else.