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        <title>Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
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        <description>There are many movies that have been saved by a wonderful ending. I was really hoping PREMONITION would be one of them. Unfortunately, I think it was more hindered by its &amp;ldquo;I give up&amp;rdquo; final act.

I personally have nothing against Sandra Bullock. I tend to like her in the occasional popcorn romantic comedy, and she did wonderful work in CRASH. But I &amp;mdash; if I may be so bold &amp;mdash; had a bit of a premonition about PREMONITION. The first preview I saw made me realize this would definitely be a video movie, and it is &amp;hellip; in so many ways.

Bullock plays Linda Hanson, a housewife who finds out her husband, Jim (Julian McMahon), has died in a car crash. She spends the day just kind of going through the motions. Then, when the next day arrives, her husband is alive and well, eating breakfast and watching TV. Linda writes it all off as a bad dream, until the next day when Jim is dead again.

The secret behind Linda&amp;rsquo;s messed-up time line is exactly what propels the story. You&amp;rsquo;re just waiting to find out why this is happening to her. Little clues begin revealing themselves &amp;mdash; things Linda cannot explain, and you&amp;rsquo;re just itching to know the answers. Then, the answers begin to reveal themselves, and you just stop caring.</description>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1031</link>
            <description>i had a premonition about this movie...that it was gonna suck! thats why i didnt see it and never will.</description>
            <dc:creator>JB</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1031</guid>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:54:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1064</link>
            <description>Hated the end!!!!!</description>
            <dc:creator>ggrae3</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1064</guid>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1096</link>
            <description>I liked it, until the end - I think that the alternate ending was more effective!!!&lt;br /&gt;THAT would have been a shocker!</description>
            <dc:creator>catwrites</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1096</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:36:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1111</link>
            <description>I love Sandra's movies, but this one was confusing; it kept switching from sleeping to waking and back and normally when I watch a movie I like to relax, with Premonition I was constantly on my toes, so I didn't miss anything and then I had to watch it again before I got the big picture....too much sleeping!</description>
            <dc:creator>ambie</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1111</guid>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:42:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1225</link>
            <description>woulda shoulda coulda...but it didn't. Great idea--can you stop something from happening before it does. Wouldn't we all love to have stopped 9-11 or the JFK assassination? Unfortunately this film doesn't even come close to that kind of compelling drama. It is the usual stuff that makes bad Hollywood films bad: a script that was not ready and a production that was rushed. Too many inconsistencies, too many scenes that made no sense, and characters that are hard to care about. Bullock was just OK in this, which is saying a lot for her. Too bad...I really wanted to like this film.</description>
            <dc:creator>Hazelnut</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1225</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1243</link>
            <description>It was good until the end. Didn't care for that.</description>
            <dc:creator>mzbetherz</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1243</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1249</link>
            <description>I AM LOOKING FORWORD TO THIS MOVIE,</description>
            <dc:creator>dorothy fugate</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1249</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — The beginning of the end!!</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1323</link>
            <description>I loved this movie. It was good from the very beginning, until the last shoe fell!! I guess a lot of these people are like my son, and watch maybe 5 to 10 minutes, or else see the beginning and the end, cause they couldn't have watched the whole movie, and talked about one of sanda bullock's movies like this!! Anything she is in is good. At first, I was kinda confused too, but when the movie was about half over, I kinda caught on!!  Yes the ending is sad, and even though I cried my eyes out at the end, it was still a good ending!! Thats what movies are for, to bring out your emotion's and make you feel like your part of the movie!!  As long as you remember at the end, its just a movie!! Did anybody reconize julian from charmed?? He's a damm good actor too!! All in all I give it a 9 thumbs up!!</description>
            <dc:creator>patty1_dndp</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1323</guid>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — The beginning of the end!!</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1348</link>
            <description>Stangogh sorry, but to each his own. Everyone is different. You guys sure are. You probably liked dune too!!  Now that was a terrible movie. Or any of the austin powers movies. My sister didn't care for it all that much either, but you know what, after seeing several of the movies she didn't like, I know  which movies are good and which movies are awful!! Thats why I state again, everyone is different!!  Don't judge a book by its cover!! THANKS, TO ALL YOU SWEETHEARTS OUT THERE WHO, tried to put me down. LOVE YA, PATTY!!!</description>
            <dc:creator>patty1_dndp</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1348</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:18:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1349</link>
            <description>this had to be one of sandra bullockes dumest movies ever not that she has made anything good anyways.</description>
            <dc:creator>ralphespinoza</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1349</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>re: Premonition — Trying Too Hard Gets You Nowhere</title>
            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1563</link>
            <description>I LIKED THIS MOVIE UNTIL IT GOT TO THE ENDING. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED</description>
            <dc:creator>WAVELYN</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1563</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1761</link>
            <description>didnt really care for it</description>
            <dc:creator>tinkluvspan</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1761</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:43:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description>this had to be one of the stupidest movie of the year.</description>
            <dc:creator>ralphespinoza</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#1855</guid>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#2363</link>
            <description>well i was lookin forward to watching this one but not if everyone says the ending sucked.</description>
            <dc:creator>needs50</dc:creator>
            <guid>http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/07/23/Premonition--Trying-Too-Hard-Gets-You-Nowhere.aspx#2363</guid>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:43:35 GMT</pubDate>
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