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4.2 - This is out now, so I’m off my NDA! Prefaced by saying I saw this in May at a test screening, so my memory may be just a bit rusty, but I was underwhelmed.

At the core, it’s a decent love story. But it’s so overstuffed with extra story-lines that never get their due, & an unnecessarily convoluted non-linear structure, that it all detracts from Richard & Margaret’s (Hanks & Wright’s) life story, more than enhances it. It feels so much more about the gimmick of planting a camera in a single spot & seeing the same space through time (literally dinosaurs to 2020s & beyond), than it does about a well narrated story. There’s so little unique about it, the same struggles & triumphs - new jobs, holidays, kids starting school, illnesses, and first loves - that everyone experiences, but in many cases overdone & overacted. And as mentioned the extra stories interjected to show how much other life has happened “here” just distract & detract. The score is strong, there are moments that tugged a little at the heart strings (though they rarely felt earned), & the idea is unique, but it ultimately fell very flat for me. Watching “We Live In Time” recently, I couldn’t help but think it pulled off a similar structural idea so much more effectively, & made me wonder what could have been for this.

All that said, there was a decent group of the audience around me, including the woman directly to my right that were an emotional wreck upon the ending, said they “could not wait” to go see it again, & surveyed that they “loved it.” It may not be a bad option to take your Tom Hanks loving elder family members to around Thanksgiving if you just need out of the house.

interesting concept, showing the parallels of human life in this one shared space. we're really not that different, are we? but i'm not sure i love how far back in time it tries to go tho. the story is a simple & repeated one: the tragedy of unfulfilled dreams, of an average life

An ambitious experiment that I never got too bored with but I also find doesn’t quite surprise me enough. This tries to show the quick passing of time on a grand scale, but it mostly consists a saga of a typical white American family in the 20th century and it’s in this main…

Everyone be living a life for real

Another AI experiment and I'm not expecting them to stop anytime soon. Using it like this seems effective but creating such a meaningful movie and then making it uncanny is bizarre. The eyes honestly look dead and take me far from 'here'. I've always thought about the past/present/future memories a single piece of earth holds. However, I would have preferred a linear timeline. Also, does Robert Zemeckis have black friends? I'm sure you could get better writing from AI. I loved the dark humour though. As impressive as some of it gets, an almost 2 hour long movie with constant and obvious transitions is nauseating. I don't see any Oscars in sight.

i’m only liking this because i didn’t dislike it. it was a meaningful story about time and all that can happen in one place, i just wish the main story line would have been the only thing we saw. it felt like i was watching a short film that was made too long.

A tree of life did this idea way better and it used ai to make the film. Total garbage.

Fell asleep. Boring as crap. Such a weird movie.

Talked to two old women who saw the movie - the timeline is confusing, but it’s a good concept. If you wanna watch it in theatres then it’s only worth 50% off or for free

The experiment was not successful, in so many ways it felted forced, the dialogues sounds fake. And with the different stories, the only one that is interesting is the one with Tom Hanks, the others could disappear and nothing would happen.

Usually I only “love” movies if I’d watch it again, but I liked this movie enough to put it under “love” but know I’d probably not watch again. It’s just a great movie.

Nice concept, I enjoyed it, didn’t love it. Wasn’t a big fan of the squares and rectangle transitions and I would’ve preferred the main storyline being a little more dominant instead of everything being so mixed up, overall good tho.

One-shot, one opportunity

7/10 Allow time to get used to one space/view then enjoy the stories that involve around it. A mix of emotions and subjects delivered by a great cast and special effect. Recommend.

hated this movie. too many different sequences and stories...couldn't keep up or even continue watching.

Loved it! Not your typical movie honestly but I loved it🥹

Did not expect to son sob so hard

They could’ve really gotten creative with this, I actually would have loved if this movie was an “all genre” and just went absurd over timelines with crazy things all happening in this one point in space time

I also wish it just kept the still shot without the windows movie maker transitions, they just felt lazy and like a cop out speed run to human civilization

The lack of creativity in this outlier idea makes me angry

8/10

Great concept. Probably a better way to execute it.