We Live in Time

We Live in Time is not a great film but a charming one nonetheless. A bittersweet romance that makes you smile through the sadness and connect with life via death.

This is a funny-sad, poignant, beautifully acted film that explores questions we will all have to face at some time in our lives.

Despite the weightiness of the theme, Pugh and Garfield extract a lot of fun from their scenes together. They deftly sidestep any hint of sentimentality.

Pugh and Garfield are a dynamite duo in this likably earnest, satisfyingly complicated love story. Worthy of your time, and your tears.

Using the gravity of serious illness in what is really a lightly scrambled Richard Curtis movie feels the bigger risk.

The central performances are extremely engaging.

A perfect example of just how much the stars of a film can elevate mediocre material by the strength of their performances.

All of its quick cutaways and comic relief help underscore the bittersweetness of Tobias and Almut’s time together and keep it from becoming too saccharine.

Great performances can atone for a multitude of cinematic sins,...We buy into this pair’s instant attraction immediately — a miracle when you consider the uber-manipulative plot elements the filmmakers impose upon them.

The ending may not be as cathartic as those looking for a good cleansing bawl might hope, but generally, this damn thing is good at setting its hooks and squeezing a few salty ones out.