Chaos Theory

Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend

Directed by Marcos Siega

Rating: 3 stars

Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds) had a bad day. Probably the worst day to happen to anyone. Frank has to make lists for everything. He plans his days ahead of time and is very punctual. On one important day where he has to give a lecture, his wife Susan (Emily Mortimer) thought she'd give him a little more time by winding the clock forward ten minutes. However, she accidentally set it backwards. Frank freaks out and is late to his lecture on how to manage your time. That night, he sits at the hotel bar and takes a girl back to his room. Feeling guilty, he tells her to stop when his wife calls his room. He decides to go home to his wife but unknowingly to him, his wife called again and the girl, angry, tells his wife something happened between them. On his drive home, a car in front of him goes off the road. He goes to the car and sees it's a woman in labor. Being a good Samaritan, he brings the woman to the hospital and as you can imagine, his wife finds out he was at the hospital but thinks he was actually  the father to the child. Chaos ensues...

This movie, as the title says, definitely contains quite a bit of chaos. Chaos Theory deserves three stars for its slightly entertaining quality. The concept sounds like it would be funny and some moments are. Overall, it's just "meh". Ryan Reynolds was weird in this movie, playing an uptight, punctual freak. The beginning of the movie shows him telling his story to the fiance of his daughter, caught with cold feet on his wedding day. It's weird to see Ryan Reynolds playing a man older than his current age. I would recommend this movie for those who enjoy frustrating situations in movies (like Dinner for Schmucks) where things don't always go as planned. If you're at home on a friday night with nothing better to do, then this movie will do (which is what I did). If you're looking for something entertaining to watch, I would recommend watching something else.