I wish someone else had had this idea

Rating: 3/10 (11 September 2013)

Great premise for a movie, great metaphor for the economic divide in a twisted and unfair caste system. That's really the only 'In Time' has going for it though. All round nice guy Justin Timberlake just isn't cut out to be a leading man, he's stiff, and his music video 'sexy face' conveys a serious lack of emotion. To make it worse, he's playing a guy from the Gheto, he just doesn't have it in him, those eyes are just too bright with privilege. To be fair on him though, he didn't have much to work with script-wise, it's awash with nonsense. I actually gave a genuine comedy laugh near the end...I won't supply a spoiler, but there's a stand-off between JT and a timekeeper, it would have been parody gold, if it had been intended to be a parody. The rest of the cast do a decent job given the cringe-worthy dialogue they were supplied with, but the whole thing is just confused. The moral direction of JT's character has zero substance or continuity and the shift in his girlfriend's character comes out of nowhere. Best part was looking at Olivia Wilde, oh how I love to look at Olivia Wilde:)