This is an interesting one. It takes so long to get where it’s going, but is so passably adequate even before it’s gotten there, that by the time it does get there in the third act, it feels like the sudden kick into high gear is a complete (and odd) change in the tone of the movie.
A man and a woman discover they can see and speak to each other through their TVs. The catch: each knows the other as a character in a favorite TV show. For two acts, it unfolds along this premise, with the interwoven stories good for some perfectly enjoyable if not particularly memorable escapism. However, in the third act, they don’t just break the fourth wall, they bend it into a moebius strip, and the movie turns from an interesting fantasy/crime drama into straight-up David Lynch territory, as more of the movie is deconstructed and screenwriting itself suddenly becomes a plot device. Fortunately, despite how jarring the transition is, they then stay in Lynch-land and explore it long enough that the strange and abrupt transition is gradually forgotten.
Not what I would call a great movie, but certainly kind of unique, and pretty imaginative towards the end. A fair enough watch, I thought.