SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star as Tobias and Almut, a couple whose story is being told through their relationship.
Almut is an up-and-coming chef who accidentally runs over Tobias, a man currently going through a divorce. Fast forward to years later, Almut is faced with a cancer diagnosis and is unsure whether to start treatment or embrace the time left with her husband and child. It’s a story told non-sequentially through multiple phases of their relationship, the beginning when their child was born, and Almut’s diagnosis.
Director John Crowley attempts to give a meditation on love, loss, and using the time you have with the ones you love, and I think often captures some of this with his two actors. Both Pugh and Garfield deliver on their romance with each other. The dynamic is unique in that they are seemingly very different people, but their love and bond in the film will be the big sell for people looking for a potent romance.
I like the concepts in the film, but too often it felt like the story just wanted to make me cry without earning it or allowing it to come naturally. The jumping between stages in their relationship felt unnecessarily confusing, and didn’t allow me to completely engage with the moments to have a “good cry”. But make no mistake, this film will be a tearjerker for audiences, and you’ll want to bring tissues and a friend to the theater.
Overall, ‘We Live In Time’ immerses you into its story with two incredible performances with crackling chemistry, but the non-linear storytelling and odd pacing keep it from elevating into more than an incredibly well-done Hallmark film.
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