The Tesseract (2005)

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This film is about a group of tourists getting involved in each other's lives in a sleazy and dodgy Bangkok hotel.This film is told in a non linear way. It has intersecting plots involving several characters, and these are all executed and mixed together seamlessly. The characters are developed very well, and the viewers can relate to them easily.The plot is excellent, full of suspense and thrill. It shows that how one little action of a person can have profound effect on another person! It kept on the edge throughout the movie! The cinematography is also excellent.Another film that has intersecting plots mixed together in a non linear way is the Oscar wining Crash. I think, this film is in many ways equally good, if not superior to Crash. It is a great pity that this film does not have wider recognition than it currently has.

If you've just rented the tesseract and are thinking "man oh man, I hope this is a irritatingly jumpy story, full of dislikable characters and shot in the style of a horrible music video" then guess what bub...this could be the best day of your life. Memento - an intelligent script that, despite being initially difficult is soon understood and fun to think about afterward. The Tesseract - someone throws the script into the ceiling fan and films it in the order the pages happen to land. Redeeming features? The annoying kid gets hurt, which I didn't think would happen. Oh, oh, and there's a thai midget, something you don't see every day. Unless you look in grandpa Charlie's 'special' magazine collection. see yas

I've read the novel before knowing that it was already made into film. I was so glad actually. I was also shocked to learn that the plot was set in Thailand where in fact the novel's setting was in Manila, Philippines - that's why the names of some characters were Filipino (Rosa, Lita,...) I'm thinking now that the movie did not fully gave justice to the original novel. Was it because the director and producer were not Filipino or American? I know we've got the choice of selecting the location (just like the THE GREAT RAID movie) but to alter the content of the story is something not proper. What's your comment Mr. Garland? I don't know why you allow such changes? To those who just watched the movie, you may also opt to read the novel and find out the difference - there's got a lot of difference. Bet, you would say that you only wasted your money for the movie.

Hollywood could take some pointers from this film.If you like different, this film you will love. Although a bit hard to follow at times and slow in some sections. This film is ,a for sure watch. Action similar to the matrix but more real and adds greatly to the creativity of this film.In a nut shell it show cases the finality of cause and effect in an action packed, Bangkok themed , drug lord filled,children wonderfully included, foreign but domestic , thought provoking film. Oh and the most creatively shot sex scene you'll ever have the pleasure of watching.This one I will for sure give a second watch and there are not a lot of films made today that rate that well.