Like chewing a bubblegum

Rating: 5/10 (3 December 2011)

I was actually looking forward to this movie, since I like the director's previous films "Gattaca" and "Lord of War".
The plot: A future society in which time replaces money. People after the age of 25 are given one year to live and then they have to earn their additional time, without getting older than 25 (interestingly enough, almost all the actors in the movie ARE over 25).
An original (well, not really, they got sued) but simple idea that isn't developed all that well during the movie and serves as an allegory to capitalism, with all the in-your-face consequences you're expecting.
This movie is like chewing bubblegum: You enjoy it, you continue to chew it even after the flavor has gone and when you finish it you know you chewed it way too long.
Except for Cillian Murphy, I'd have replaced the entire cast. Justin Timberlake is not bad, but... he'll always stay Justin in my mind, a boys-band singer, not an actor. And Johnny Galecki... it just feels too weird to accept him now as anything other than Leonard from "The Big Bang Theory". Same goes for the other actors who were just average.
5/10 Worth watching