"Our Time Is Up" is an American English-language live action short film from 2004, so this one will have its 15th anniversary soon, which means "all in due time" is also accurate for the period between the release and the day I am writing this review. But if we judge by quality, I could have waited another 15 years. For writer and director Rob Pearlstein, it may still be his most successful work as it was nominated for an Academy Award, but it lost to Six Shooter. For the same reason, it is the most known work for several cast and crew members, except these who you have maybe have seen on Lost or Suits. This is the story of a psychologist leading a very slow life, but things change quickly when he finds out he is terminally ill and we find out with him. As a consequence his treatment methods change drastically and this is pretty much what the film is about, the before and after the diagnosis. It is a bit of comedy, a bit of drama, but not convincing in either area. I guess they were rather going for the comedy site, but honestly the way in which suddenly every patient is cured by these unorthodox measure is as ridiculous as it is repetitive eventually. I cannot agree with the Oscar nomination here from a pure quality standpoint and the fact that the unrealistic call that they mixed up the files didn't happen does not make it good enough, not even for all these other awards ceremonies where it received recognition. I give it a thumbs-down and suggest you watch something else instead.
Review of Our Time Is Up
