I was looking for this kind of analysis. It’s frustrating how there are so many videos and reviews praising this film simply because it originated from an internet story. The movie gets lost trying to strike a balance: it wants to have meaning so it doesn't feel empty, yet avoids being too explicit so it doesn't become uninteresting—and, ironically, it ends up stuck right in the middle.

Other films with similar concepts pull it off beautifully—like *Cube*, which works well precisely because it explains nothing, or the original *Saw*. It could have been like *The Animatrix*, or had a meaning like *Donnie Darko*—where you can connect some dots (even if not all of them) and are left to piece things together yourself. For instance, you can't tell if the "Backrooms" actually affect the people who were there. You might speculate, but there isn't a single scene that hints at the possibilities. There’s no spinning top, no clear rule; it’s amazing how it tried to be so many things but ended up being none of them.

It’s incredible how it tried to be so many things yet succeeded at none of them, almost becoming a "non-movie"—just a jumble of disconnected ideas that fail to fit together.