Verdict: 4/5
Every minute counts. That’s the message audiences are left pondering when the lights come on after watching ‘We Live in Time’.
The romantic movie follows the love story of Bavarian-fusion chef Almut (Florence Pugh) and recently divorced Weet-Bix representative Tobias (Andrew Garfield) who meet when the former hits the latter with her car.
The non-linear decade-spanning story shows the epic highs and the drastic lows of their lives together from that point onwards, from getting to know one another and falling in love, to a cancer diagnosis, to the birth of their child, to earth-shattering arguments.
The continuous time jumps throughout the film makes the couple’s life changes more powerful.
Scene by scene, the audience can build Almut and Tobias’ linear story in their heads as they’re taken from sheer happiness to utter sadness.
Director John Crowley nailed the casting by choosing Pugh and Garfield to convey the story. The perfect pair each have incredibly expressive faces powerful enough to move me with the flinch of an eyebrow or the quiver of a lip.
I’m not a particularly emotional person, and I’m not generally interested in a rom without the com, but I was tempted into the cinema to see this film by a fierce love for Garfield, and I left the theatre with a renewed appreciation for life and tear-streaked cheeks (which was quite embarrassing when my friend wanted to go to Glassons straight after the movie).
It made me think about how much my life could change in 10 years. Maybe I’ll have started a family, or maybe I’ll fall unexpectedly ill, but I know for sure what I’ll be doing all the while – I’ll be making every minute count.
See this movie at Hoyts Penrith.
Ally Hall
Ally Hall joined the Weekender in 2024, and focuses on entertainment and community stories. She's a graduate of the University of South Australia and has previously worked as a Video Journalist with Southern Cross Austereo and as a News Reader with Australian Radio Network.