I LOVED the concept of this movie. It’s such a refreshing twist on the subject of existentialism.
I know that I probably am the only one who loved it this much but it’s really something that I can relate to.
I’ve always thought about how in this world if we could live without food, then we probably wouldn’t have the need to work to earn a living.
And in this story written and directed by Andrew Niccol, he eliminated the “middleman” which is money and cut right down into the real adversary of mankind, time. And I just swallowed it up.
Right from the opening, I was hooked. People living in this dystopia of a city, doing menial work in exchange for the real currency that is time, and just living by the hours and minutes.
As a sci-fi, I thought this worked so well and really gave our world something to think about. Plus it’s not one-sided in the sense that both sides had legitimate arguments that they were fighting for, albeit Cillian Murphy’s character could have elaborated a little bit more as I needed time to think about the how’s and why’s.
My only complaints were that the pacing could have been a little faster, and the middle part with Alex Pettyfer should have sped things up instead of slowed down the pace by another fraction. But Pettyfer’s subplot was still highly entertaining.
Cillian Murphy yet again portrayed a fantastic character and really gave it some cool factor. Johnny Galecki, Olivia Wilde and Mike Bomer gave great early performances and exits. Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake both were more than adequate as the leads.
But for Timberlake, I believe this was his first big starring role, and you could really spot his short-comings as an actor. His expressions need more work and his run in front of a camera still felt like he was doing a boyband music video.
Other than that, I really enjoyed this piece and wouldn’t mind watching it again some time soon.
The above movie review is from DelGoh.com
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