Another Version of You

Yeah, bad episode of "Sliders", I said it. And that show had some real stinkers.

My main gripe is that the guy simply has no redeeming qualities. All I could think is that, yeah, Suzette was right to be with someone else, because this dude is just bland. He makes terrible choices, and it was predictable from the beginning that he was going to make more terrible choices as the movie one.

I liked the concept, but the dialogue was pretty sad, the main character mopey, and I thought the editing, especially during some initial "montage" scenes, was just clumsy (when you see him initially traveling to different universes and meeting different Suzettes, etc). No cohesion there.

I wish it had been done better. Still, at least it was lit well, the camera work was fine, and the other female actors did a good job.

This movie had great story elements. The outline must have been a 10 star story. But not enough is filled in. I saw in another review that the writer had done shorts before this and that makes sense. This is a short movie stretched out to fill 96 minutes. The beginning is a good setup, although I wasn't thrilled with the phone messages scene. There is an early sequence with Gwen which sets up the climax. The middle has a good twist when he meets his sister. That section was interesting. There is a touching moment between that scene and the reality that runs to the climax. The build up to the climax was just what was needed and the climax had another great twist.

There were moderately long sequences with no dialogue or human interaction. The story didn't develop. After Diggsy first begins his adventure, the story races through one reality or universe after another in a jumble, but that doesn't last too long. Actually this could have been filled out with some character development. Sequences with no progression happen over and over including right after the climax. It runs basically to one brief interaction at the end. The very last shot is another surprise because they had previously obscured a key detail. I wanted to say it was a contradiction, a goof, but looking back I just didn't realize what happened immediately after the climax.

Diggsy. What a name. You might expect a guy with that name to be a loser, and he is. His character doesn't really develop, even up to the climax although there is a stretch that focuses on that period and reality.

If you want to watch a really good 30 minute short that is stretched into 96 minutes, this is it. So disappointed. I rate it higher than I should because of the story outline.

Very interesting concept and a well develop delivery of the story. Kept my attention and my emotions going.

I watched most of this movie wondering why the main character, a guy, was named Dixie. Then I finally figured out it was Diggsy! Anyway Diggsy was heartbroken when the love of his life married someone else and while in his funk a mysterious man gives him something and a note of explanation. It was a key that supposedly opened any door and when used that way it opens up a completely new, parallel universe. But once you step through there is no going back!

I have to give this movie a bit of extra credit for the novel concept. As Diggsy goes into various parallel universes he often discovers the same people he knew, except they were not the same people. It gets a bit complicated. Regardless the thrust of the inventive story is to allow Diggsy to learn about himself and what he really needs to do to find happiness.

Good movie for anyone who enjoys a completely different "what if". I watched it at home on Amazon streaming movies.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! After watching other short movies by Motke and Ryan Hartsock before I couldn't wait to see what they did with a full feature, needless to say I've been waiting for the release of Another Version of you for awhile - I was not disappointed. The twist on inter-dimensional travel coupled with simplistic search for Suzette to just love him back was at times heartbreaking and edge of your seat hopeful at others. I started to root for him so much that before you know it his journey starts to feel like your own. I hate spoilers in reviews so I won't share my favorite moments of the film I will tell you this, I excited to share this movie with my wife, I'm glad I didn't need a key to find her...