Chix Chat on Film review: Time is Money.

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2011)

This film gave me the impression that the term 'time is money' was very inspiring to Andrew Niccol, who wrote and directed this very creative take on a society that uses time as the most valuable currency. There was practically never a dull moment for Will Salas (Justine Timberlake) throughout the story or for me. The trailer gives great insight into the premise of the story and reveals that Will acquires a great deal of time per chance meeting with Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer). Will sets out on a journey delving into the lives of the time wealthy and this leads him to Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried), where the adventure begins. There was enough attention to detail in explaining the class warfare in this time society that you understood what was going on, but no explanation as to how it came to be. When the film was over it left me with questions about the body clock, how does it work, who put them on people, was it genetic testing that could stop the physical aging process at twenty-five, did the genome experiments lend way to a method that allows feigned immortality? These are questions I wanted to know, but I'm probably giving this whole convoluted idea too much thought, which then made me think about how talented Justine Timberlake is. As Will he's athletic what with all the running to save time, he was able to leap from a building in a single bound, he could dance and he shows he's an amazing driver. The only thing left to do to showcase his star power was to take a page from the Elvis play book and let him serenade Silvia. Too cheesy? Yeah, I thought so too. How 'bout them Timekeepers? Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy) was one dedicated time cop, and of course his young protégé Timekeeper Jaegar (Collins Pennie) was more apathetic towards the time crimes and a bit too sympathetic to the perpetrators. The policing of time in this film is not to be confused with Jean Claude Van Dam's Time Cops, this story fortunately had nothing to do with time travel, but it did show that in any society it doesn't matter what the circumstances the people in the ghetto do not like the Po-po's. Although, this film took elements from the well known Bonnie and Clyde story and meshed it with Robin Hood, it was still fresh and new. I wouldn't say that it's a timeless masterpiece in storytelling, but I am glad that I took the time to see it. I give it a bright neon green light.