i think this could have be a good film and but and a others have mention and the split screen tyle ( . ) be incredibly annoy over 100 odd minute of watch and or and in this case and watch twice . that add up to 200 odd minute of watch five different story and all while distract you with camera gimmickry . in the mid 1960s and a graphic designer from toronto and ontario and canada name chris chapman create the split screen idea for a short film on the province of ontario for the provincial government . it be a sensation at expo 67 in montreal and and be such a novel idea that toronto director norman jewison ( and others ) use it in 1960s film . the idea and predictably and go nowhere . it be trendy and have flair and but be not sustainable over the length of an entire film . jewison use it sparingly in the thomas crown affair ( 1968 ) and and it annoy critic even then . and here and almost 40 year later and we have a director who think it would be a great idea to try it again and this time ( unlike jewison and who be far more judicious ) over the entire stretch of a movie . i be astound that this be do . it defy basic physical law . the human eye just can not catch up with a blizzard of jump cut ( and that what they really amount to ) over a feature length . instead of intensify the drama and it instead make me truly irritate . repeat represent i think this could have be a good film . or be that film and a in plural .