Magdalena's Brain
Magdalena's Brain
R | 25 July 2006 (USA)
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Magdalena Welling (Amy Shelton-White) wasn't always a recluse, living in an abandoned warehouse, surrounded by outdated computers, archaic medical equipment, and responsibilities almost too great to bear. She was once a successful surgeon; her husband Arthur (Sanjiban), a brilliant scientist. But now, they exist in a world of emptiness and solitude, continuing the radical artificial intelligence research that Arthur had started a lifetime before. Before the accident. Now, after four years of ceaseless work, they've made a breakthrough, a discovery so great that it could change the face of science. But it will also require a sacrifice so great, that Magdalena's world will never be the same.

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GamerTab

That was an excellent one.

pointyfilippa

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

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Stephan Hammond

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

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Nicole

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.

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gaamstutz

i enjoyed this film. i thought it was well done overall. it had a dark mood to it that told your inner being that something was wrong. however it is not till the twist at the end that you realize just how wrong. i felt that the lead character was likable and i really wanted her to succeed in her experiment. this film is about 75minutes long and some say that is short, but i would rather watch 75minutes of good film than 120minutes of bad. i would not change a thing, it is a good film with a surprise ending that really did surprise me! i feel if you give this film a fair chance you will not be let down.

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levon-8

I had never heard of Amy Shelton-White before this film and was surprised at what a good job she did portraying the lead character Magdalena. This film is unconventionally entertaining to the end. The cinematography was pleasantly shot throughout the 75 minutes – artful and carefully drawn out. The old building made an ideal set.I actually said 'Wow" several times throughout the film. Most films don’t have the balls to take risks like this film did. I was taken by surprise on a few developments and that counted a lot towards the overall viewing experience.Yeah some of the acting was rough around the edges as said by some of the reviews on here, but that was to be expected from an independent film and this was limited to some of the smaller roles and speaking parts.

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Mikel3

I used to read comments here before watching a film, just to see if it's worth my time or not. I've learned better. Often I read glowing comments here only to later find the film to be a mediocre piece of movie making. Then there are the cases like this film. If I had based my watching it or not on what I read, I would have missed a surprisingly good film. This is not a bad film in any way. Yes, some of the actors are not the best, but they are passable. The lead actress is very good in her role as is the actor that plays her husband. The actors playing her brother and the one playing her guy "friend' are less talented. And, yes, the film does move rather slowly now and then, but for me that just added to the strange isolated mood of the story. The cinematography is well done too.I was also surprised at comments saying what a let down the ending was. Frankly I believe it was the ending that made everything that came before fit together so nicely. I found myself saying "Wow!" out loud at the final twist. It had caught me completely off guard. And that is not an easy thing to do. For instance in 'The Sixth Sense" I saw the "surprise" ending coming a mile away. Yet, in this film that had a much lesser budget to work with I was completely caught off guard. I enjoyed the ending very much. I can only figure that those who did not like the ending did not understand it. If you are paying attention it makes perfect sense.So if you like to watch lesser known gems that might require you to actually do some thinking, this is a film for you. It is well worth your time if you pay attention.

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wrlang

Magdalena's Brain is an interesting divergence on the psychotic personality. Maggie is the wife and research assistant to Arther and they are creating a crystalline structure that is 1,000 times denser and faster than the human brain and can operate the same way, by learning. It promises to be a boon to science if they can complete it. Things start to unravel quickly at the end as they complete the experiments and attempt to use it on a human subject. The editing and directing were pretty bad with many long pauses where none were necessary. Ordinarily you would have some dramatic effect with the pauses, but nothing… The acting, plot, dialog, and screen play were fair. Nothing spectacular, but nothing supper bad either.

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