When I was reading the premise for this fantasy love story I thought to myself this might be quite sappy and preposterous, and unfortunately that's the way it turned out. Unless you're a complete romantic and only interested in the essence of the fantasy, you may find, as I did, that this movie just became more and more ridiculous and ponderous as it progressed, and I couldn't wait till it was over.
The plot revolves around a telepathic relationship between a young woman, Rebecca (Zoe Kazan), and a young man, Dylan (Michael Stahl-David), which apparently started when they were both in grade school, but separated by thousands of miles. Neither Rebecca or Dylan will be aware of this relationship till years later. In this relationship, they can feel each other's pain, both physical and mental, although it's never really explained how this could possibly happen.
Now some 20 years later, they are able to discover their telepathic attachment, which has laid fairly dormant for all those years. They can also now connect visually into each other's reality and verbally connect with each other at any time. Dylan is living in New Mexico, and is a parolee from prison where he served 2 years for theft, while Rebecca is living in New Hampshire with her physician husband Phillip (Mark Feuerstein).
As mentioned, for me, it just got more and more absurd, as they were able to have telepathic sex and never seemed to worry about how anyone around them was reacting, or how it affected their lives, as they were constantly talking into the air and acting so strangely, leading to most people thinking they had gone completely "bonkers". It will all spiral into a predictable and frenetic finale.
I thought the extremely talented script writer Joss Whedon really "went off the rails" with this one, and the film is directed by Brin Hill.
The plot revolves around a telepathic relationship between a young woman, Rebecca (Zoe Kazan), and a young man, Dylan (Michael Stahl-David), which apparently started when they were both in grade school, but separated by thousands of miles. Neither Rebecca or Dylan will be aware of this relationship till years later. In this relationship, they can feel each other's pain, both physical and mental, although it's never really explained how this could possibly happen.
Now some 20 years later, they are able to discover their telepathic attachment, which has laid fairly dormant for all those years. They can also now connect visually into each other's reality and verbally connect with each other at any time. Dylan is living in New Mexico, and is a parolee from prison where he served 2 years for theft, while Rebecca is living in New Hampshire with her physician husband Phillip (Mark Feuerstein).
As mentioned, for me, it just got more and more absurd, as they were able to have telepathic sex and never seemed to worry about how anyone around them was reacting, or how it affected their lives, as they were constantly talking into the air and acting so strangely, leading to most people thinking they had gone completely "bonkers". It will all spiral into a predictable and frenetic finale.
I thought the extremely talented script writer Joss Whedon really "went off the rails" with this one, and the film is directed by Brin Hill.