Premonition (2007 film)

Premonition is a 2007 American supernatural psychological thriller directed by Mennan Yapo and starring Sandra Bullock in the lead role, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, and Amber Valletta.

The film's plot depicts homemaker Linda experiencing the days surrounding her husband's death in a non-chronological order and attempting to save him from his impending doom.

Just after she listens to his phone message while he's on a business trip, Sheriff Reilly informs her that Jim died in a car accident the previous day.

She demands that the funeral director open it to confirm that he is inside; there is a scuffle, and Jim's head rolls out.

He confides in Reilly that Linda told him Jim was dead the day before the accident, suggesting that she murdered him and scarred Bridgette's face.

As Linda and the girls bring in the laundry from a storm, Bridgette crashes through the glass door, severely cutting her face and hands.

Linda finds an insurance policy in their safe-deposit box Jim had updated two days earlier, tripling the benefits.

Returning home to her mother and daughters, she announces she just made Saturday funeral arrangements.

When lightning strikes a power line, it kills the crow she had found dead previously.

She tries to get him to avert the accident, but an oncoming fuel-tanker truck jackknives, takes off the car's roof, and explodes, killing both drivers.

The site's general consensus is that "Overdosing on flashbacks, and more portentous than profound, the overly obtuse Premonition weakly echoes such twisty classics as Memento, The Sixth Sense, and Groundhog Day.

[3] Critic James Berardinelli gave the movie 2-1/2-stars (out of five) stating, "There's some interesting material in the film about pre-destination and questions about whether it's possible to change fate.

[6] Despite the bad reviews, several critics, including Rex Reed, commended Sandra Bullock for her performance.