★★★★1/2
Soooo We Live in Time left me an emotional wreck.
We Live in Time is spectacular, it's magic, it's transcendental, and it’s beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. One of the most authentic and honest love stories out there. It sends you through a transcending level of emotions as it flashes through the life of one couple. The film is relatable, emotional, funny, and awkward, but sincerely real — there is a nice embrace of naturalism and ordinariness. It’s easy to guess how the film will go, but it doesn’t make it any less effective. This beautifully simple drama is made all the more poignant thanks to Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh’s perfect performances. They are electric here. Their easy chemistry made every moment authentic and genuinely delightful. The movie is basically Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield being in love and living a life together for nearly two hours and the results are everything I could have wanted — very sweet and emotional. Much funnier than expected, the charm of the two leads (and a moving score) elevates this nonlinear modern UK love story to become something utterly heartbreaking, though some may still take issue with its meandering and basic plot as much of it can feel like watching an elongated montage. The narrative bounces around in time in a non-linear fashion, but the collage of moments drives the emotion home without ever feeling manipulative.
It might be a stopwatch, or the timer on an iPhone. It could be an egg timer in the kitchen, or the countdown at an international cooking competition, though that’s less likely for most of us. We’re surrounded by the constant reminder that our stay here on Earth is limited—our lives are finite. We Live in Time is a contained, yet emotionally rich tour through the joys and sorrows of reality’s obstacles amidst a textured take on life, love, and everything in between. A life worth living is one full of risks. Wonderful things don’t happen by waiting. This film is a truly moving romance/tearjerker — I loved it.
Not to mention there is a scene in here that is probably simultaneously one of the funniest and most beautiful of the year.
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