I recently stumbled upon this hidden gem of a film whilst browsing indie films on Netflix. I always enjoy a good time-travel story, so I gave 11 Minutes Ago a try, and am I ever glad a did! If you're a fan of time-travel stories, low-budget indie films, sci-fi, mystery, or romance, 11 Minutes Ago is a wonderful film that you owe it to yourself to see.
Probably the best way to go into this film is knowing as little as possible about it (like I did), so only if you still need convincing to give this film a try, read on. I'll do my best to avoid big spoilers, but if your interest is already piqued as a fan of any of the above genres I mentioned, or if you enjoy your tales told out-of-order and full of "a-ha!" moments (think Lost), then I'd stop reading now and go watch 11 Minutes Ago immediately.
Still with me? Okay, then. Again, just to warn you, there are a few small spoilers ahead.
Protagonist Pack is the world's first "Time Tumbler." What the Time-Tumbling process is or how it works isn't important to the story; it's simply a means for Pack to travel back in time from 48 years in the future to obtain a clean air sample. Upon arriving in the present, Pack is shocked to find a camera crew awaiting his arrival. Pack's Time Tumbling has dropped him into the middle of a wedding reception where he's apparently already made quite an impression on some of the guests and members of the wedding party. The camera crew informs him not only that that his clean-air mission is a success in the future, but that he's already made seven other trips back to that very night in the past two hours. Perplexed, Pack wonders what could possibly have driven him to return several more times to that very night if his mission was successful. Enter Cynthia, an attractive and kind-hearted bridesmaid who not only recognizes Pack but has apparently somehow already fallen in love with him.
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