In Time
Justin Timberlake has come a long way as an actor. I went
into this with not very high expectations and was surprised.
In this modern retelling of Bonnie and Clyde people stop
aging at 25, which makes for an incredibly good looking cast of characters. You
turn 25 and this magic day glow clock on your wrist kicks into action. You get
one year free and then you have to earn or inherit more time to stay alive.
It takes some getting used to when you realize that Olivia
Wilde is playing Justin’s 49 year old mother but you get used to it.
You use time to buy everything from a cup of coffee to a
house on the beach.
There are a lot of different themes throughout the movie and
if you think about them as you watch your mind is going to wander to far afield
to enjoy it. Relax and ponder the mysteries of how we spend our lives after you
leave the theater or turn off the DVD.
There are some great catchphrases here that have been around
forever, for example, I cleaned his clock. You get the idea.
Our unlikely hero has to battle a gangster Alex Pettyfer,
the minuteman Cillian Murphy after he receives a gift from Matt Bomer.
After his unlikely stroke of luck he meets Amanda Seyfried’s
Sylvia.
It looks like this might just turn into boy meets girls
spends his time, literally, on getting her but hilarity ensues and they become
the unlikeliest of heroes.
Visually the film is amazing. From the cars to the clothes.
These young men and women who are playing characters far
older than their true years convey a tiredness that I try as best as I can to
hide at 41.
And I have no doubt that after this Amanda Seyfried will be
asked to walk the catwalk in some uncomfortable looking shoes and a tiny dress.
Worth the view and the thinking that hits you long after
this movie is over. Am I spending my time wisely or squandering it…
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