review

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2020)

"In Time" is American science fiction action film produced by Andrew Niccol. I have good impression about this movie and themes presented there. It is future dystopia where time is the most crucial value for everyone. Each person has a clock on his/her arm which shows how long they have to live. Society is stratified and there are times zones within a society. Time replaces usual money and it is presented as universal currency. In this dystopia rich can live forever, the poor must earn for more time.
The main protagonist Will belongs to the poorest zone where all live in poor conditions and have usually no more than 24 hours. People work for time and even take loans for time. They just try to survive and live as long as it is possible because every second counts. This zone considered to be a ghetto. There is also New Greenwich zone where people possess enough amount of time and able to live without worries for decades. When Will understands that there is enough time for everyone he aims to break this system.
In the movie it is presented as a norm to stop aging at 25, to use time as an exchange value for food, facilities, etc. The whole system builds on the basis of time. In my opinion, time represented as everything. We can see the strong stratification based on time resources. Societies divides on those who have time and those who do not have. When protagonist enters New Greenwich with high class inhabitants he tries to live their life. However, waitress understands that he is a stranger/outsider when Will eat very fast. In New Greenwich it is a norm that no one rushes because they have a lot of time whereas in his ghetto zone every second counts.
In my opinion, author wanted to show what is relevant to our modern capitalist society that we have enough money for all people, however only certain groups of elites/bourgeoisie own means of production and exploit others. The movie questions about what value we place on time at the time of neoliberalism. It is also demonstrates greed of New Greenwich inhabitants. They do not want to share with others because they want to live as long as possible. They want to live forever at the expense of others.