Ever since starring in the indie hit, "Brick", Joseph Gordon Levitt has become on of the greatest actors working today. I can't think of a bad movie he's been in ( yes, I enjoyed "GI Joe"). The majority of the films he's been in have been low budget or character driven movies. His latest is "Uncertainty", a strange film that made me feel uncertain about whether I liked it or not (yes, that was an intended pun).
Our main couple, Bobby (Levitt) and Kate (Lyn Collins) are on the Brooklyn Bridge when it starts, discussing a choice that they have to make. After flipping a coin to decide on the unknown dispute, they run in separate directions, meeting up with each other on both ends of the bridge. If that sounds confusing, it's because it is. Basically, the entire movie is two parallel story lines, both with the same two main characters. This is never explained... we just have to accept that they are in seperate time lines. One story is a drama, the other is a thriller. Two movies in one.
I'm guessing that the title not only refers to how the characters feel for most of the film... but also how the filmmakers felt when they shot this. It's just bizzarre how they don't offer any sort of explanation as to why the same people are in seperate dimensions. The thriller storyline is titled "Yellow" and the drama stroyline is titled "Green" (and the characters are dressed in the corresponding colors). I loved the Yellow story. It was very exciting and suspensful, contained great music, and it was shot like a Jason Bourne movie. The Green story contained character arcs... but it never went anywhere. In fact, if the Green story were a film on it's own, it would be the worlds most boring movie.
It was just Bobby and Kate finding a stray dog, then going to a family bbq, then going home. We find out about Kates relationship with her Mom... but other than that, it barely served any purpose. Whenever it switched from the Yellow story to the Green story, my heart sank... because I was really into the thriller aspects. The movie also drags on before reaching the final act.
Like I said, I have mixed feelings. The performances by Levitt and Collins were definitely top notch, and they had excellent chemistry together (which helped get me through the slow parts). It had some very strong moments, and a few really intense chase sequences... but in the end, I was confused and wondered what the filmmakers were thinking when they wrote the script. They must have felt a great sense of [insert title of movie]
My Rating: 6 out of 10
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