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• Carlos M

  
  A perfunctory, soulless drama about a selfish man who finds out that he is terminally ill and becomes completely distasteful, impossible to relate to in any level. Even worse, most of the actors are bad and the end only shows that the director didn't really have anything to say.

• Cynthia S

  
  A very moving French film. There wasn't any hollywood type spin to make it extra dramatic, or extra sad...and because of that, the sincerity of the interactions were much more powerful, in my opinion. Quiet, slow, yet not boring. Touching...

• Jeremy S

  
  Moving french film of life in the face of impending death.

• Arash X

  
  This may lack originality & it has a few ridiculous moments here & there but in my opinion this is how this kind of movies should be, It doesn't feel forced & also successfully avoid cheap sentimentalism & on the other hand it's not one of those vacuous dull… More
  This may lack originality & it has a few ridiculous moments here & there but in my opinion this is how this kind of movies should be, It doesn't feel forced & also successfully avoid cheap sentimentalism & on the other hand it's not one of those vacuous dull films for the sake of forced realism or being artsy

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Time to Leave", Romain(Melvil Poupaud) is a narcissistic 31-year old fashion photographer who is diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Forgoing the slight chance that chemotherapy would give him at survival, he is resigned to his fate, only telling his… More
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Time to Leave", Romain(Melvil Poupaud) is a narcissistic 31-year old fashion photographer who is diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Forgoing the slight chance that chemotherapy would give him at survival, he is resigned to his fate, only telling his grandmother(Jeanne Moreau).[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Francois Ozon, "Time to Leave" is a deceptively offbeat stream of consciousness movie about a man who towards the end of his short life, takes a good hard look at his life and what he has accomplished, and finds nothing of interest except an idyllic childhood which was also the height of his relationship to his sister who he is now estranged to. And it is ironic that Romain who hates children(nothing wrong with that, by the way) would like nothing more than to be a child again.[/font]

• Daniel P

  
  <I>"...you and I are the same. We're both going to die soon."</I><p>In <I>Time to Leave </I>(<I>Le Temps Qui Reste</I>), thirty year-old Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a successful fashion photography, is diagnosed with cancer, and… More
  <I>"...you and I are the same. We're both going to die soon."</I><p>In <I>Time to Leave </I>(<I>Le Temps Qui Reste</I>), thirty year-old Romain (Melvil Poupaud), a successful fashion photography, is diagnosed with cancer, and his prognosis is not good. He decides to forego the chemotherapy that would give him a slim chance of prolonged survival, and, unable to tell his boyfriend - who he subsequently breaks up with - or his immediate family, he instead confides only in his grandmother (Jeane Moreau). From there, he tries to find acceptance and meaning in his mortality, and is given an opportunity he never thought he would have after a chance encounter with a waitress. <p>This is a lyrical, intimate and economical film, without even a hint of artifice in the writing or the performances (Melvil Poupaud is surely an actor to watch). Refreshingly free from sentimentality, with realistic characters - Romain is not exactly a hero and doesn't become one in the course of the film - and a script with few words but which has a lot to say. Writer-director François Ozon filmed <I>Time to Leave</I> in cinemascope, an interesting choice for such a small-scale film, but one that rewards with a staggeringly, beautifully shot denouement. A thoughtful, moving film.

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