Predestination

"For an adaptation of a short story by Robert A. Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers) that’s just a scant ten pages long, Predestination packs some creative, convoluted time travel storytelling into its running time. While the journey of many other short sci-fi tales to the screen either dilutes their impact or results in the grafting on of sub-standard Hollywood action (I’m thinking of plenty of Philip K. Dick adaptations fitting either description), writer-directors The Spierig Brothers confidently rely on their leads to do the heavy lifting here."

"A breakout performance by Sarah Snook distinguishes this entrancingly strange science-fiction drama."

"It might bewildering, but chances are, you'll enjoy the trip from the inventive Spierig Bros, whose wild concepts about inevitability, reshaping wrong doings and time travel will prompt agile brain gymnastics."

"It's free-ranged, grass-fed bull, but wow, can it move fast."

"An intensely watchable time travel thriller that doesn’t show its equally compelling subplot enough respect."

"Thrills and enthralls as its developments confront and confuse the viewer, but hindsight does this flawed, fascinating film no favours."