Ambitious inventors manipulate reality for profit, but the gritty consequences of their discovery unravel slowly.
Cerebral and suspenseful. A late-night trip that takes its time. Emotionally it is heavy.
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It stays inside its PG-13, with no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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