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We Live in Time

We Live in Time

Romance · Drama · 2024

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

Movie details

We Live in Time

“Every minute counts.”

2024 Romance · Drama 1h 48m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over We Live in Time?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Crowley

Written by

Nick Payne

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield

Tobias Durand

Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh

Almut Brühl

Grace Delaney

Grace Delaney

Ella

Lee Braithwaite

Lee Braithwaite

Jade

Aoife Hinds

Aoife Hinds

Skye

Adam James

Adam James

Simon Maxson

Douglas Hodge

Douglas Hodge

Reginald

Court is in session

Put We Live in Time on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.