Great Idea, Poor Execution

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2012)

This movie could have been great. The idea is very original-- set in a dystopian future where people live forever as long as they have "time", this world's currency. But lack of a coherent plot/storyline, bad script, and no character development really keeps this movie back.
When I first started this movie, I had almost no expectations (having not even seen the trailer). After about 10 minutes, I was pleasantly surprised. The world that it was set in was a very refreshing idea. However, soon after that, I began to saw the many flaws. It seemed that each of the main characters had a complete lack of fluid character development-- they were almost all completely one dimensional (With the characters that "changed", it did not feel like a natural progression-- it seemed forced).
The blame isn't fully on the actors, however, as the script dialogue seemed awkward at times and choppy at others. It really kept the movie from being believable. Especially the cliché "time" related one liners that one or another character would say. What were they thinking?
The plot, too, had massive holes that kept me from losing myself in the movie. A lot of the times it didn't really make sense. And many parts of the story brought up, but not expanded upon. It almost seemed like the director added those scenes in as an afterthought.
Overall, if you have a couple hours with nothing to do, "In Time" is worth watching if just for the interesting concept. It really is a shame because I think this could have been done much better.