The I Inside (2004)

Please don't spend money on this.

Excellent adaptation.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I inside takes a shot at a very hard target and unfortunately misses. I was curious why i haven't seen this movie as i enjoy the genre very much, and i was suspicious why the low rating. The movie feels like someone tried very hard to prepare it 'by the recipe' but like in cooking for the first time by following a recipe - the meal is edible, but not that enjoyable. It starts good as you can rarely miss on the first few ingredients and then the errors start piling up. Some scenes are predictable, others just have some illogical elements. As the story unfolds it is disappointingly failing to gradually become better. The drama that is presented in the story didn't mirror correctly on the characters. The main characters were having difficulties defining themselves and their shifting morals. Don't get me wrong i did enjoy this movie i just am a big fan if this genre and can be thus a bit more criticizing. There aren't that many movies of this type, so i am actually very glad to have seen it.

I just began watching the movie and realized that Simon was Sebastian in Cruel Intentions. The beginning of the movie, 'till half an hour, moved quickly. It intrigued the spectator and we innocently thought there was gonna be an answer at the end. Sadly there wasn't. "The I Inside" could had been much better. All the "comes" and "goes" kinda of confused me and at one time I was unable to distinguish the characters. At least the message of the movie was great: "You can't change the past" - simple as that. It seems to me that Ryan Phillippe works better playing the bad guy as he did in C.I. Watchable, but I wouldn't watch again nor recommend to my friends.

folks, This movie is "BIZARRE", but not overwhelmingly so.This is a great film for the "introduction to the bizarre" for the beginner.And, Ryan Philippe isn't performing bad at all.I liked Ryan a lot in Cruel Intentions Yet this "IS" quite a different Film! Maybe just as good as Cruel intentions, possibly better.I will eventually own this film, along with A Clock Work Orange, 2001 a Space Odyssey, and Lane. I don't tend to watch main stream movies.Enjoy Paul

What happens when you go to the cinema to watch "Just My Luck" but it is sold out, and so is "RV" and "United 93", and "The Ant Bully" and, believe it or not, "Curious George" where films you could see earlier? You end up watching "The I Inside". I don't want to write about this movie… I don't want to write about this movie. With a lot (a lot) of delay, "The I Inside" has arrived to our cinema theaters.What on earth went wrong here? I can do some research and find the answer, although if isn't worth the space of my page. Roland Suso Richter, a German director, came to try in Hollywood and directed this picture. He's too stylish for what the viewer is used to see. He invents too much and ends up confusing him (although that's in part fault of the screenplay). What happened to him? He is directing TV in Germany and Hollywood hasn't looked for him in three years.Writer Michael Cooney…Is this the same guy that wrote "Identity"? Is it possible for him to write such a mess as "The I Inside"? Apparently it is, and if you want to save him you could forgive him because the screenplay was adapted from his own play, and as I have said before, a play can be good but it doesn't have to make a good movie. Joined by Timothy Scott Bogart, Cooney takes you inside the world of a man who is able to change the future by changing the past.I mean, of course the material they had in their hands was interesting; it could have created a cult classic or something everyone would have talked about. But that's not how it went down, and if you try to understand the film, you will get to the bottom of it. There is an explanation; but you're so tired by the time it arrives that you don't want to figure out anything.Tiring is one of the best words to define "The I Inside"; and it is impossible not to compare it with "The Butterfly Effect", a film where you don't want to get to the end. You've got to compare then because the first one sucks and the latter one is great; because the cast of the first one is way superior to the latter one's… I like Ryan Phillippe is a starring role: I liked "Cruel Intentions" and very much liked "Antitrust". But how can an actor like him not carry a film like this one? How can Ashton Kutcher do it better? Sarah Polley is much more talented than Amy Smart, but the same situation occurred. And Robert Sean Leonard; he is better than the whole 'Butterfly' cast put together…And Stephen Rea: he is an Oscar Nominated actor; please! You can also find Piper Perabo in "The I Inside" but I doubt you'll be interested after all I've said. Forgive me if I'm to harsh, but there are few movies as bad as this one…It's the truth.