Real Time (2008)
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60% of users liked it
(693 ratings)
Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel star in writer/director Randall Cole's comedic drama detailing the unique relationship between a compulsive gambler, and the coolly detached hit man assigned the task of taking him out. Andy (Baruchel) is an excitable gambler who has incurred one debt too many. When… More Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel star in writer/director Randall Cole's comedic drama detailing the unique relationship between a compulsive gambler, and the coolly detached hit man assigned the task of taking him out. Andy (Baruchel) is an excitable gambler who has incurred one debt too many. When stoic hit man Reuban shows up to kill Andy, his target's initial reaction is disbelief. It soon becomes obvious that this is no joke, however, and now with less than sixty minutes to live the desperate Andy does his best to squeeze as much living into his final hour as possible. From one final session with a prostitute to a chance to get revenge on a former boss and a desperate search for a missing childhood toy, the bizarre series of final requests made by Andy prompt both the trigger man and his target to realize that there is more to their lives - and their current missions - than surface impressions would indicate. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Randall Cole
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 18, 2008 Wide
- Studio
- Maple Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Watching Baruchel and Quaid is the payoff in Real Time. But the repetitive, occasionally banal script lets them down.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The actors are good, but the dialogue only mediocre, leaning toward a kind of exasperated kookiness.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the movie's final half hour [is] affecting and involving in ways that one might not have initially anticipated.
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