Rating of
3/4
In Time review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 11/17/11
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a factory worker who was given more time to spend by a stranger he helped in a bar. Each day people, like his mother, die because of the limited time given and once the clock on their arms reach 0000:00:0:00:00:00. Will meets a troublesome rich Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried) through a millionaire named Phillipe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser) that he met in a Casino. Timekeeper Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy) tries his best to restore order. My type of flick with so many memorable quotes: Raymond Leon - "His crime wasn't taking time. He was giving it away." Will - "If I had all that time, I sure as hell wouldn't waste it." "No one should be immortal, if even one person has to die." Phillipe - ""...hasn't evolution always been unfair? It's always been survival of the fittest. This is merely Darwinian capitalism. Natural selection."
The film's score was good for most scenes, cinematography amazing, set pieces and locations were eye catching and character development were executed well. It's screenplay is really amazing, which really caught my attention above all. Themes of how you utilize time thru its characters were depicted from Borel (died of alcoholism), Henry Hamilton (wasted time), Phillipe (insensitive/excess/greed), Raymond (being just) and to Will (morally correct/generous/surviing). It even has political undertones such as the increasing of prices to prevent being over populated and the elite enjoying their luxuries while the less fortunate suffer and strive to survive. Performances from Murphy and Kartheiser were good, Seyfried was alright but couldn't care less for Timberlake who was like a whining boy who tried to be cool. Only reservations I had was the conclusion, swift romance of Will and Sylvia and the "Bourne" like skills of a mere factory worker who can drive, shoot and fight to flawlessly. Had elements of a futuristic Bonnie and Clyde/Robin Hood, Minority Report and The Town's action. In Time is a hip futuristic thriller that could have been perfect in my opinion with the right casting, better ending and injecting more believability with aspects you question that pop-up along the way.
