It was just as if someone had thrown the scenes up in the air and put the film together in the order that they fell down in. Superb acting but spoilt but disconnected story. Both Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield gave memorable performances. I have seen other films with a non linear plot and can't understand why the filmmakers seem to want to confuse the film goer. I guess I'm not a fan of movies when they have multiple times which jump backwards and forwards. The cinematography was good and polished. The film did not live up to its full potential as the story line was so disconnected. Such a shame!

We Live In Time delivers a compelling and emotionally charged story that explores love, loss, and the passage of time. The film boasts strong performances, particularly from its leads, whose chemistry draws the audience into their journey. Its poignant themes and richly drawn characters make for a narrative that has the potential to resonate deeply.

However, the film's non-linear editing detracts significantly from its impact. While the fragmented structure may aim to create intrigue or mimic the unpredictability of memory, it instead muddles the storytelling. Key emotional beats lose their potency as the timeline jumps abruptly, leaving viewers disoriented rather than engaged. The disjointed sequencing diminishes the weight of the story's climax, which should have been its most powerful moment.

Ultimately, We Live In Time is a film of great promise undermined by its structural choices, leaving audiences longing for a more coherent narrative flow.

Andrew Garfield is Tobias, he comes across as a mostly passive person, sometimes has a hard time just expressing himself. As the writer says he is the type of person who 'colors inside the lines.' Early in the story he has to sign some important papers, he goes out at night and gets some ink pens, is clumsy and drops them on the roadway, when picking them up gets hit by a car, full on.

The driver of that car is Florence Pugh as Almut. (Is that a common name in the UK?) She is quite opposite of Tobias in most ways. She is a decorated chef, is working on the opening of her own restaurant and is more willing to take risks as she goes through life.

They meet in the hospital after the accident, they are definitely attracted to each other, and the rest of the story is their fits and starts at building a life together.

The story is not presented in a linear manner, the director explains why in the Blu Ray extras and it makes sense.

Both actors are very good and I especially am a fan of Pugh, I believe I have seen her in 8 movies now and she always creates an interesting and authentic role, as she does here.

My wife and watched it at home, on Blu Ray from out public library. We enjoyed it, both as often funny entertainment and for the deep points about life it touches on.

Never has the gap between my expectations and the actual impact of the film been so vast. The possibilities were so high with casting two of the greatest actors of our time- and even they could not make the movie have a soul. The writing and soundtrack were totally forgettable, despite Pugh and Garfield putting in great performances of what was available to them. The back and forth timeline made for an incomplete emotional journey, as there was no build up or stakes to be invested in. Both characters fell very flat, and I felt very little emotional investment in them. I had such high hopes and was counting down the days for this film, and was sorely disappointed upon leaving the screening. Hope someone casts the two together in a future film and gives them a better opportunity to create a masterpiece.

We get it, some moviemakers successfully used non-linear storytelling in the past to make some good movies but now it's way over used and overdone to the point of getting old. Now we have directors making their movies non-linear on purpose just to hide poor plot because they know that if they tell their plot in a linear way it will look too simple and boring so they just use non-linear story telling to make their movie appear smarter than it is.

This is one of those movies where you have a pretty plain old storyline full of cliches but the director tries to make up for it by using non-linear storytelling not to mention using a couple super popular actors but the movie is pretty bad overall and it doesn't really work.