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The plot relies heavily on coincidences, often preposterous ones; I don't want to spoil any of the plot, but the way two of the characters are thrown together in close quarters is just wholly unbelievable.
Unbelievable coincidences like the fact that Dr. Wu has exactly the same bag as the burglars (so of course the bags are mixed up).
The story is silly and relies on a lot of coincidences and assumption, it doesn't quite work.
I even agreed on buying hard-to-believe situations or coincidences, such as "he's a suspected runaway murderer BUT his house isn't even looked after by a cop".
Well, the title says it all; NIck is a sore looser, by some strange and uneventful coincidences, he starts to work in a psychic hospital as clerk/janitor and because of his lack of tact, gets fired after a few minutes.
I couldn't believe Nicole Kidman would appear in something so contrived, so I reconsidered the role of the coincidences.
A perfect mix of penchant humour, subtle drama & tantalising coincidences.
Slightly on the predictable side and with some (too)big coincidences but still a very good effort by Michael Chrichton.
i was extremely excited because of the amazing coincidences the story shows. of course it's a fictional movies so some parts are unbelievable, but it's a great story and will have you on the edge of your seat.
I love the whole bizarre set up, the weird coincidences (for example the piece of newspaper stuck on his arm which talks about a man being ripped apart by vigilantes in the very area he can't get away from - and then the weird woman says 'I'll burn it off' - yet more reference to burns) Love the 'Berlin club', and the idea of the plaster of Paris cream cheese bagel paper weights - so evocative of that pretentious era!
The film is painfully stilted, relying on a monstrous series of coincidences and improbabilities, with no sense of character or naturalism, evidencing no research into how things actually work or look or feel.
At times I had a feeling I was watching a De Palma film - and that is the ultimate insult I can give to a thriller; coincidences, all-knowing criminal, etc.
In the last half hour, matters finally begin to coalesce, but other than an ironic set of tension-producing coincidences at the conclusion, there is really nothing new or unexpected here.
Secondly, the incomprehensibly convoluted plot and unlikely coincidences that abound.
The film's plot is ridiculous, filled with unbelievable twists and silly coincidences (and a stupid happy conclusion to boot), but it is energetically directed by a filmmaker that never ceases to amaze me.
Too many scenes are "Hollywoodized," where the characters stumble into coincidences that simply just would not happen.
An average Lone Star film -- built on convenient coincidences (Gat Gann just happens to walk into the scene and dies, and, as luck would have it, just happens to bear a letter of introduction to the man, "Gantry" who, as fate would have it, just happens to have killed John "Ted" Wayne's father and for whom Ted goes to work because Ted just happens to look just like Gannon in his "Wanted" poster, etc., etc.) and clichés.
And as others have noted, the coincidences in this film are too many to list, it's almost the only thing the story is based on.
This results in a confusing film that is short on mystery and long on ridiculous coincidences.
The movie does build it's central premise (a series of wild coincidences, characters that are larger than life, the fast paced-all in one night action) on other movies that feature similar elements (Snatch, Pulp Fiction, etc) but because the situations and characters are unique I did not feel ripped off.
and a public accountant (played by you guessed everybody's favorite annoying wuss wallace shawn) this movie is full of coincidences that could only happen in movieland.
The film itself is pretty awful full of coincidences and bad actors with terrible accents.
but unfortunately anyone else would find this to be what is it, a really quite boring and stupid horror wanna-be that is full of really bad writing and stupid coincidences.
Speaking of incredibility: consider the implausible coincidences.
This is practically a convention of unwarranted coincidences, unresolved situations and unanswered implications.
The plot (what little there is) contains more drama - not to mention coincidences - than real life, but this is compensated for by the film's texture, moving from warm to cold and back again, depending on the scene and its location.
With such coincidences and contradictions arising in nearly every aspect of the QE debate, it seems that evaluating the policy’s effectiveness is more of an art than a science.
Then it was on to India’s capital, New Delhi, for what many took to be Clinton’s farewell visit (assuming, that is, that she steps down at the end of this year as planned) – a visit marred by awkward coincidences and untidy scheduling.
Of course, coincidences are not causes.
But the break with the past was too sharp and too broad for such coincidences to add up to a convincing explanation.
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