Time (2020)

MOVIE #1,564 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 04.23.24 The archival footage (home movies rendered in monochrome) is the reason this project probably exists and it is interesting to go back and forth in time, but it feels a little slight, not gimmicky per say but the lingering fact that the juxtaposition seems to be this selling point is difficult to ignore. I think I just wanted more from the origin story about what went into the decision to rob the bank in the first place (not that it matters in terms of the social/political points that the movie is making, but from a story standpoint — they had to acquire firearms, make a plan, etc.). Also, the sorta limo sex scene after he's released was just weird! Sorry to be a prude. These are deeply religious people who are also horny and drop the R-word casually. Their flaws are on equal footing with their best qualities (grace, loyalty) and that's important to see.

I really liked the ending montage of the home recordings played in reverse: a painful reminder that you can't actually rewind time, once it's passed, it's gone and rarely are these memories ever truly our own.

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Time is an Academy Award-nominated 2020 American documentary film produced and directed by Garrett Bradley. It follows Sibil Fox Richardson and her fight for the release of her husband, Rob, who was serving a 60-year prison sentence for engaging in an armed bank robbery. It was released on January 25, 2020.