Timecode (Time Code)

Timecode (Time Code) (2000)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (80 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (4,426 ratings)

Director Mike Figgis helmed this ground-breaking experimental feature, filmed with four synchronized digital video cameras in four separate locations. The story, outlined in advance but otherwise improvised, was enacted in a single continuous take, like a stage play, with the unedited images from… More

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Mike Figgis
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 28, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Dec 26, 2000
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

    Most movies offer carefully calibrated insults to the intelligence. This one just might make you smarter.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I recommend the film.

  • Gemma Files, Film.com

    Often disorganized, but never less than entertaining.

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  • Curtis L


    Hmmm. I'd like to see this film re-made with a different cast and plot and director and producer and DP and screenwriter and sound guy and editor. The idea is cool: four things happening at once split on the screen in four ways, and they are all continuous shots in real time.… More

  • Luke B


    Timecode should be hailed as a masterpiece of complex cinematic techniques. The film is shot through 4 different cameras, each one consisting of one single take. Each camera is screened at the same time, taking up a quarter of the screen. What may seem pretentious, it kind of is even… More

  • Lafe F


    An interesting experiment in filmmaking, but bad acting and a dull story made it less watchable.

  • Emily B


    A four-way split screen and four continuous takes. Admittingly the concept can take a while to get use to. Whilst this may not be to everyone's liking it is without doubt an intriguing experiment.

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