The variety of interpretations that you frankly try to layer on the narrative while watching the film (and afterwards) really takes away from the enjoyment of watching a psychological thriller.

| Mar 8, 2025

Schultz works magic to haul you into the story, provoking you to engage with these deep scientific advancements and the implications it could very well have on our daily lives.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 26, 2024

It’s a well-executed and thoughtful concept that has some truly novel thriller elements and an excellent command of pacing, making it one of the best sci-fi films of the last few years.

| Jun 30, 2023

This smart sci-fi thriller doesn’t give viewers easy answers, nor does it need a huge budget to make its mark as a clever genre entry.

| Aug 17, 2022

Minor Premise isn't always wholly engaging, but it's mostly worth piecing together for the satisfaction of finishing it.

| Sep 30, 2021

The premises within "The Premise" yield stories crafted with care and played-out with sincere commitment - even when it's all in the service of snide irony.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 14, 2021

Minor Premise's gestures towards impenetrable design, too, end up blunted, as its structuring goes from outwardly rhizomatic ... to unambiguously linear.

| Jun 5, 2021

A tight, claustrophobic thriller set in mostly one location, this is one of the best new entries in sci-fi cinema we've seen over the last year.

| May 18, 2021

Complex sci-fi thriller has strong language, mild violence.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 8, 2021

A science-based sci-fi thriller about memories, personality, and research academia from first-time director Eric Schultz. Intriguing, satisfying story, which I'll probably watch again, just to admire how it is all assembled.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 18, 2021

"Minor Premise" is an original and well-crafted thriller that proves that, in the right hands, a movie about science does not have to be dull.

| Jan 27, 2021

With gripping visuals, a capable lead performer, and an ambitious script, "Minor Premise" is as artful as it is occasionally clumsy. But in this film, much like in the average human psyche, the good just barely edges out bad.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 25, 2021

Minor Premise is a film that sticks with you long after your done watching.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 23, 2021

It's a lot of smoke and mist, sometime moody and sometime overly manipulative.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 23, 2021

With Minor Premise, Schultz has cemented himself as a sci-fi director to watch. I can only hope he doesn't let a budget destroy his creativity.

| Jan 22, 2021

Minor Premise works through its tangle with a deft touch: one moment a romance, the next a horror movie.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 21, 2021

Tricks are at play with resourceful direction and powerful performance. Deserves much merit.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2021

Unlike Nolan's emotionally deficient behemoths, Schultz's scrappy gem fires up the heart as well as the brain.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 31, 2020

Stylishly made and intellectually engaging, Minor Premise is a treat for fans of brainy sci-fi.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 21, 2020

It is exactly the sort of thing that appeals to sci-fi fans more interested in ideas than laser fights and CGI, and suggests Schultz will be a filmmaker to watch.

| Dec 9, 2020