@REEL_DEAL2025-12-08 10:00 UTC
Chronicle has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
“The devil tomato approves... reluctantly.”
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2012 · Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Chronicle
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
🚬 LIGHTING A CIGAR OFF THE SCREENPLAY…
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
2012
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Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-04 18:00 UTC
Chronicle confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-17 17:00 UTC
If exposition were a contact sport, Chronicle would be banned for life.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-08 23:00 UTC
The script for Chronicle feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
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r/movies · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.3k points
The cinematography in Chronicle is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched Chronicle last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/movies · u/CinephileCynic🔥 2.5k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Chronicle?
Look, I wanted to love Chronicle. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/flicks · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 2.3k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Chronicle?
Director clearly thought Chronicle was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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