"I'm a peddler by trade; by trade, and by golly, by golly, by golly, I deal in magic, and moonbeams, and pretty, pretty colors. Ohhhhh, yes. I could sell you the most perfect pink, or the most blissful blue, or a simply euphoric yellow."

"You see? It was magic bubble gum, guaranteed to seal the lips of an alarm clock rooster. Those bubbles cock-a-doodle-dooed so far away, Peter never heard them. He slept on and on and on, all through Easter day."

"But Peter was so sure he'd win the next day, that instead of getting lots of sleep, he had a big party with all his friends, and it was very late when he finally went to bed."

"Now, nobody wanted an egg from an unpleasant old bunny like Irontail. As a matter of fact, though he tried all day long, he was only able to give away one single egg. However, since Peter slept through Easter and didn't deliver any eggs at all, Irontail won, and he now ruled April Valley."

"Casey Kasem — Peter Cottontail"

"Iris Rainer — Donna"

"Danny Kaye — Seymour S. Sassafrass / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine"

"Vincent Price — January Q. Irontail"

"And because the control wires were all fouled up, Easter was lost, and they crashed right down in the middle of Mother's Day."

"Joan Gardner — Bonnie Bonnet / Madame Esmerelda the Halloween witch / Bonnet store owner / Mother / Woman"

""I shall hide these eggs where you'll never find them again." [cackles] That's exactly what Irontail said, and he meant it. Here, see for yourself."

"Paul Frees — Colonel Wellington's assistant / Man at Thanksgiving table / Santa Claus / Fireman / Alarm clock rooster"

"Therefore, I have decided that whoever delivers the most eggs tomorrow, Easter, will be the new ruler of April Valley!"

"Bridget Fonda — Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin"

"John Hurt — Joe Buchanan"

"Raul Julia — Victor Frankenstein"

"Nick Brimble — The Monster"

"Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin: Percy and Byron preach free love. I practice it."

"Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Sins? What sins? I am a scientist - I cannot sin. She MUST die! The truth is too unbearable."

"The Monster: You think that you have killed me. But I am with you forever. I am unbound."

"Madeleine West as Mrs. Stapleton"

"To try and wrap your head around the plot of Predestination can only lead to madness. Don't get me wrong: The movie itself is a trip. … Ethan Hawke, at his mesmerizing best, stars as the Temporal Agent, a time-traveler with a mission to stop future murders before they can happen. … Better that you just throw yourself into this tale and cogitate about it later. If getting stoned helps, so be it. One thing's for sure: You won't be able to take your eyes off Snook, an Aussie actress who makes whatever sex she's playing almost irrelevant. You watch her. You hear her. You believe. It's a dynamite performance. Hawke, who worked with the Spierigs on 2010's Daybreakers, gravitates to movies that don't play by the rules. Predestination sure as hell doesn't. Any frustration you feel about losing your bearings fades in face of the film's ultimate kick."

"Ethan Hawke as The Bartender/Temporal Agent"

"This is one of those films that is so filled with twists, turns and unexpected developments that even the most oblique plot discussion threatens to wander into dreaded spoiler territory. Then again, I admit that I knew pretty much everything that was going to happen going in thanks to my familiarity with the source material, Robert Heinlein's celebrated 1959 short story "—All You Zombies—", and still found myself knocked out by its startlingly effective translation from the page to the screen. I will try to keep the details to a minimum, but, trust me, the less you know going in, the better, especially considering the fact that the story deals in no small part with time travel (and all of the attending paradoxes) and that is not even close to being its most unusual aspect. … Hawke … is an actor who in recent years has more often than not been gravitating towards material that is off-beat and original — at this point, his name on a marquee pretty much guarantees that the film in question will at least be somewhat interesting. … Sarah Snook delivers a knockout performance that calls on her to perform the kind of tricky scenes that could have resulted in bad laughs throughout if handled incorrectly. Not only does she pull off her performance brilliantly throughout — there is not one moment in which she is anything less that utterly convincing and believable — I would go so far as to put her work here up against any of the current front-runners for the Best Actress Oscar."

"Weirder and more contemplative than many of its time-traveling brethren, Predestination is a stylish head trip. It also marks Australian actor Snook as one to watch, as she demonstrates some serious gender-bending range."

"Sarah Snook as The Unmarried Mother/Jane/John"

"Predestination, adapted from sci-fi author Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 short story "—All You Zombies—" … concerns fate, free will, time-travel, a forced sex-change operation and a serial-killer manhunt. It’s impressively insane and a lot of fun. “It’s absolutely out of its mind,” says Hawke, who plays a “temporal agent” flitting through time. “I love science-fiction that’s not oriented around action or effects. Whether it’s Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells or whoever... that kind of mind-bendy science-fiction where you can really attack themes in a new way. And when I read Predestination it was like: ‘What the fuck did I just read?!’” He particularly likes the fact that although the lead character is transgender, the film is not explicitly about transgender issues, it’s about all of us. “There’s something about Predestination that actually does get at identity, for me,” he says."

"Causality nerds will have a field day with the film, especially if they don’t know the ending. (Or beginning, as it were. The plot is loopy, in the most literal sense of the word.) … The film’s true revelation, though, is Snook … Per the time-honored traditions of time-travel cinema, Predestination just wants to blow minds. But in its best moments, the ones that put Snook front and center, it threatens to break hearts instead."

"Noah Taylor as Mr. Robertson"

"Is this the first great "What the f—k" movie of the year? … As soon as the credits rolled on “Predestination,” I wanted to watch it again. It was even more of a mind-dance the second time around. … The deeper we go, the more insane the story gets, leading to one of the most bizarre endings in recent movie history. Even if you see it coming, it doesn't make it any less weird."

"I'm sorry if you feel deceived. But it's a mistake to think that we can change certain events. Just like you said, some things are inevitable. ... The shock will wear off, but you can take comfort in knowing that these events are happening in the correct order. The path you're on will take you to your destination."

"The snake that eats its own tail, forever and ever. I know where I come from. But where do all you zombies come from?"

"The only thing that I know for sure is that you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I miss you dreadfully."

"I've changed so much that I doubt my own mother would recognize me."

"When I got older, I realized I stood little chance of getting married, for the same reason I hadn't been adopted. I was different. A freak. A goddamn loser. ... People want to adopt a little golden-haired moron. And later on, the boys, they want big tits and pouty lips. You know, a perfect accessory."

"You better not be fucking with me."

"Christopher Stollery as The Interviewer"

"Tyler Coppin as Dr. Heinlein"

"Freya Stafford as Alice"

"Jim Knobeloch as Dr. Belfort"

"Rob Jenkins as Mr. Jones"

"Jane: Well, you know what they say about good things happening to those who wait."

"Christopher Kirby as Agent Miles"

"Mankind's next step will be our greatest."

"Matthew McConaughey - Cooper, a widowed astronaut"