When a film consisting of a unique concept rolls along, I can’t help but get excited about it. In Time certainly fits that bill. Justin Timberlake stars as a lower class, everyday guy, who lives day to day not knowing where he’s going to get the funds to survive. The unique part is that the currency in this future is time. Each person has a built in clock on his or her arm that counts down. When your clock hits zero, you die. When Timberlake suddenly finds himself rolling in time, he decides to see what life is like on the other side. Enter the rich entitled love interest in the form of Amanda Seyfried. The idea is pretty intriguing. The final product is not as strong as one would hope.
The high concept story continues to impress with interesting thoughts like Alex Pettyfer’s gang, the Minutemen and Cillian Murphy’s cops, known as Timekeepers. Though the pun filled script wears on the audience after the first few minutes. Everyone understands the film is a metaphor; don’t waste the time you’ve been given. That’s all well and good, but the dialogue should actually further the story and not kill the pace.
Since people don’t age beyond 25 in the film, all the actors are young. Good, I’d hate to have ugly old people. I’m kidding, but apparently that would be an issue with audiences? So in the future old men look like Pettyfer and mothers with 28-year-old sons look like Olivia Wilde. That wouldn’t be an issue if the dialogue didn’t call for people to announce their ages left and right. But with that being said, the cast is quite strong and it’s fun to infer character ages from their differences in style. There was such promise that In Time could become a sci-fi classic, or timeless if you will. But puns have proven to be their downfall. (7.5 out of 10)
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