In Time : Movie Review


When science fiction thrives, when it transports you into a brave new world of intriguing, complicated ideas, it's terrific. It's the rare cinematic genre that can be both illuminating and uplifting. Drama can pull at your heartstrings and comedy can tickle your funny bone, but nothing caters to the brain better than future shock speculation. Perhaps this is why the latest from Gattaca god Andrew Niccol, In Time, fails. It doesn't do anything for mind, body, or spirit. Instead, it offers Justin Timberlake as a brooding semi-action hero, Amanda Seyfried in a horrible pageboy haircut, and Cillian Murphy as the Agent Smith substitute. Along the way, some interesting concepts are carted out, only to be undermined by limp direction and sparse storytelling.

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Author : Bill Gibron