In Time (2011)

In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.

Director:

Andrew Niccol

Writer:

Andrew Niccol

Stars:

Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cillian Murphy	...	Raymond Leon
Justin Timberlake	...	Will Salas
Amanda Seyfried	...	Sylvia Weis
Shyloh Oostwald	...	Maya
Johnny Galecki	...	Borel
Colin McGurk	...	Citizen
Olivia Wilde	...	Rachel Salas
Will Harris	...	Ulysse
Michael William Freeman	...	Nardin
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Webb
Aaron Perilo	...	Bell
Nick Lashaway	...	Ekman
William Peltz	...	Pierre
Ray Santiago	...	Victa
Matt Bomer	...	Henry Hamilton

Storyline

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there's a catch: you're genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich "earn" decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo's love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.

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Plot Keywords:

time | against the system | ghetto | murder | on the run | 

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Taglines:

Live forever or die trying.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexualty and partial nudity, and strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

I'm.mortal

Filming Locations:

Metropolitan Courthouse - 1945 South Hill St. Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,050,368 (USA) (28 October 2011)

Gross:

$37,553,932 (USA) (10 February 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Strike Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Fortis's car is a 1983 Cadillac Seville "bustleback."

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Goofs

The rear view mirror has been removed from the car that Will purchases.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Will Salas: I don't have time. I don't have time to worry about how it happened. It is what it is. We're genetically engineered to stop aging at 25. The trouble is, we live only one more year, unless we can get more time. Time is now the currency. We earn it and spend it. The rich can live forever. And the rest of us? I just want to wake up with more time on my hand than hours in the day.

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Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Fuga de Cerebros 2, Happy Feet 2, Acero Puro, La Chispa de la Vida, In Time (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Escalator"
Written by Tony Di Mito, Ami Bet Ariel Margoles
Performed by Patron saints of jazz

User Reviews

Time well spent!

This is a really cool idea for a film. A day in the future when the commodity of value is not cash or gold, it is time. Everyone gets to live to age 25. After that you have one year to live, or less. It all depends upon whether you use all your time credits or you earn more. Regardless, if you live to age 100, or longer, your body physically remains looking twenty five.

On the plus side is Justin Timberlake coming back and showing that his misstep in Bad Teacher (2011) was just one of those embarrassing Hollywood screw ups. Timberlake has real drama and acting talent and is definitely here for the long haul. (Too bad Elvis was never given such chances.) Timberlake gave us a glimpse of his depth last year in The Social Newtwork (2010) , but his talents were not fully developed for Friends with Benefits (2011).

The script starts with the eerie, sobering reminder, and all too familiar words, "We don't have time...we don't have time..." Think if today you had to buy everything with time, instead of bank credit or cash. Coffee costs four minutes. A bus ride costs an hour. A car costs two years. People can give or take time from each other. Just don't run out of time or you will die on the spot. If this were real, would you treasure and spend time more wisely? The real interesting question may be that time really is the currency we live by now, we just fail to see it that way. The simple fact is that you can earn countless piles of cash and gold in this world, but you really cannot buy time. Despite the wealthy in today's world sometimes being able to cheat a few years with better health care, we all are going to die in the same average years.

While the script is the superficial tale of Will Salas (Timberlake) and his Mom (Wilde) trying to pass time in a futuristic world, the messages of the film go far deeper. It is really a tale of class warfare. People who have time, like the mega "eonaire" Phillipe Weis (Katheiser) and his rich daughter Sylvia (Seyfried) and those who constantly struggle to keep time (or run out of it) like the Salas family. Will gets the chance to move up into a better time zone thanks to a man who has just decided that after a hundred years or so, he prefers to "time out." He leaves Will the prophetic warning "Don't waste my time." How Will chooses to spend his time, for himself or for the benefit of all, is now the story.

I really did not mind that the future depicted in this film was not futuristic looking and all the cars were vintage 1970's models with updated lighting and electric sounding motors. It saved a huge budget rather than try to make the world look like it probably will in 2013 or so. And I think the point was that the future is really now.

As an entertaining film, my 7.5 rating is spot on. As a thought provoking experience, I might have given it a 10.0. After seeing this film, you should go out and visit with friends. Your own clock is ticking down. Are you really using it wisely? Unlike the time down clock on the arm of the people in this film, you never know when your time is about up.

This film...it's worth your time.