Overrated and overhyped

Just what I expected

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A girl in high school starts hearing voices and is committed... Until a mysterious government recruiter finds her and teaches her that the voices are other people's thoughts and trains her to control and focus her gifts, for the greater good.The good: The acting is very good across the board, including Rawat as the girl suffering from her gifts, and Flanigan as her NSA partner who's life was controlled until now by picture-perfect memory and logic. The way people's random thoughts bubble up or are provoked and used for missions is good and fun, and the creative use of her telepathic abilities is nicely done as well.The movie seems surprisingly good, until you actually think about it. The writing flaws (spoilers): They figured she was a schizo because she hears voices but she never realized she was hearing real thoughts from the people around her? How does that work? How can you not tell the difference between thoughts from the people you are interacting with in front of you, and random voices? Eight years in a mental hospital and she never developed any control techniques beyond reading a book? Constant noise in her head and her brain didn't develop any filters? And suddenly the recruiting guy says 'focus' and it all goes away in a second? And now that she is with him, she picks up on new tricks with full control within seconds? The terrorist plan doesn't make any sense if you think about it. The decoy is way too elaborate, their plan depends on the agency finding out about the decoy, and yet the agency never even knew about the decoy without her abilities. And why did they try to kill the agents if they were following the decoy plan as planned? And why was the guy in prison thinking about going to his ultrasound weapon if it was a decoy to begin with? And why would the Ukrainian woman reveal to her that she knows nothing to clue her in that it was a decoy? And so on...How did they know he would be released just in time to get the gun from the water fountain and also walk him by the fountain to begin with? Why would she risk the young neighbour's life? Couldn't she make up a simpler lie like: 'They gave me the information at the office'? And why did the Ukrainian stop and walk back without killing the neighbour?In addition, the movie feels like a TV pilot whether they intended it as one or not. She suddenly turns from a sweet normal girl into a way-too-full-of-herself girl-hero at the end which promises more heroics to come.

I really enjoyed this movie concept and thought it was a little like Dark Angel which was one of my favorites. The idea of utilizing a telepathic individual as a 'weapon' has pros and cons but bottom line is that it would be most helpful if the gift could be controlled.The way the voices are provided helps us understand how most people would think this person was crazy when indeed she was just gifted. Her ability to assist the NSA is the crux of the movie as well as her inner fight to deal with her gift.The reason I'd like to see this concept turned into a series is that a lot could be done with the plot lines making very interesting and complicated story lines. Also, delving further into her relationships with people and how she would be able to control her gift to not invade their personal space.

When I bought it, I honestly didn't know what to expect. I bought it mainly because it had Joe Flanigan in and I love his work in Stargate: Atlantis, so I thought 'why not?' Now, I've only had it a couple of weeks and have seen it so many times. It's my favourite film in my collection.For a film that wasn't promoted or that I'd ever heard of...it's unbelievably good. The storyline keeps you hooked till the end, even if you've seen it before. You always pick something new up every time you watch it...be the chemistry between the two lead roles...or an extra line of dialogue you didn't hear right the first time. It keeps me entertained.I give it 10.

I really like the writing, the performances are solid, but the title...well..sucks. "Thought Crimes?" They don't commit crimes by thinking about them...It should be called "Cognition" or "Head Games" or something... How about "The Cogtective"...Okay just kidding on that one... I think the underlying aspect here is that this is a really well done show and the title will keep people from finding out about it. I happened to be browsing and got drawn into the program, only to hear the title and felt foolish telling anyone i was watching something called...well you get the idea. This is the second time I came across the show. Again, I just had to check it out.