Einstein's God Model

Very well done for the budget.

PROs: Very original premise and sticks with you longer after the credits have rolled. Beautiful special effects - honestly much better than the rest of the production.

CONS: Some clever humor, but also some very clunky science exposition. Cinematography wildily uneven - at times gorgeous and at times very amateur. Performances were pretty rough in spots. Better casting would have helped.

All in all, this gets an A for effort and a B- for execution. If you like science, especially theoretical physics, you won't be disappointed! Also, LOVE the Chicago shots!

No idea how it ended up on my watch list. Gave it a chance. Honestly it's neither a bad film nor a good film.

Thanks to modern digital production techniques, low budget films look almost as good as big budget. You have to really know lighting to get that last 5%. But where it really shows up is in the acting. Not so much that major films have better actors. Rather they have more time budgeted to get multiple takes and coverage angles for different scenes.

Low budget films like this have a lot of obvious flat acting and poorly blocked scenes. Stuff that could have been ironed out with more takes and a slightly relaxed shooting schedule.

I enjoyed the general story. It's got a little quantum terminology nonsense. But not any more than your standard MCU film. Unless you spend a lot of time keeping up with advances in science (as I do) you may not even notice the nonsense aspect.

The actual storytelling isn't too bad. It does the job. What it did not do was hold my attention. I found myself spacing out and checking my email. Probably missed a few key moments, making it harder to follow. That is partially my fault. But a good scifi movie or TV show should be able to hold the attention.

Supposedly this is part of a series of quasi educational films. Not sure if any others got made. But this one did not do a good job of explaining quantum mechanics, DeSitter spaces or particile physics. While they did use terminology from Quantum mechanics, it was all layered in with a bunch of other plot nonsense in such a way that it's hard to tell where the dividing line between fact and fiction lies. I suppose it could be intended to spur interest in the field. (No pun intended, but I'll take it.) My main complaint in this regard is the way that it not only misuses the prevailing theory on the many worlds hypothesis. But uses a really, really bad CGI graphic to represent it. When I say bad I don't mean rendering. I mean in terms of representation.

The preceding model using slices of bread was moving in the right direction. The rendered version was just a badly realized literal size up of the bread model.

They really should have had a physicist consult on this film.

Whether one believes in the afterlife or not, this sci-fi film will get you to wonder.... Surrender your convictions to enjoy this eerily entertaining movie

"Einstein's God Model" is a terrifically conceived and shrewdly executed piece of sci-fi storytelling, applying theory from science's greatest historical figures to our existential quest for proof of consciousness beyond our earthly lives. This is a film that very admirably and consistently doses the brain with a full buffet of cranial course load -- Edison and Tesla join Einstein not only in the film's credits scroll (nice touch), but in the storytelling's pursuit of the notion that we may live on post-mortem in the soul's more modernized reclassification as an enduring electromagnetic field. Sold!

Brayden (Aaron Graham) is a young anesthesiologist. His fiancé has recently passed. Alone in his grief, he yearns for a metaphysical reunion, and attempts to actualize it by seeking out a physicist pursuing contact with the dead. It turns out that the physicist, too, has shuffled off this mortal coil, but his widow gifts Brayden a laboratory contraption built by the great Thomas Edison himself, who was once in similarly hot pursuit of these same epiphanies.

For the existentialist living for that final moment when life gives way to the ultimate answers, "Einstein's God Model" is pure exploratory bliss. The fascinating abundance of science seamlessly woven into its elite storytelling doesn't just adequately acquit itself; it's indeed the film's key strength, evoking contemplation at the highest levels while giving way to some thoroughly riveting crescendos. "Einstein's God Model" comes heavily recommended, and particularly for those in constant query of whatever the beyond may (or may not) look like. - (Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!)

This indie film is just plain fun. Sure, it's amateurish, but...

It mentions some real ideas in physics (past and present) -- GUF theory; quantum theory; string theory; membranes; etc.

It includes some actual history about Thomas Edison.

It names some real physicists -- Einstein (obviously), Tesla, Bohr, etc. (check out the opening credits!)

The props (early electronic devices) look authentic.

One of the writers seems to have a medical background -- some nice details.

Given the film's limited budget, the special effects are pretty good.

The acting is good enough to carry the plot.

I would compare this movie favorably to the first "Flatliners" film (I haven't seen the recent remake).

Watch it and judge for yourself.