On the Shelf or on Ebay: We Live in Time edition

[14u2ponder]

The Film: we live in time
Studio: a24

I thought I would start a thread in which we (or I) however it works, discuss a film based on if we will be putting on our shelves or if we sell it on Ebay.

Since many (if not nearly) all of my films I buy are blind buys and also having somewhat limited shelf space, I need to be rather impressed by a film to keep it on the shelf.

Which in this case: I am.
I have to admit that when I originally began watching this film, I turned if off after the 1 hour mark partly because I was too tired to go on with it. So, when I began watching it again, I started it over from scratch, which I feel was a blessing in disguise, as this movie does not have a conventional timeline: according to the director there are three time lines going at once, which I won't spoil what they are.

Below is a small synopsis of the opening scene, which is also included in the trailer so I don't feel as if it is a spoiler per say.

The movie: We Live in Time stars Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield who meet in a rather unconventional way. Andrew (who plays Tobias) is attempting to sign divorce papers when his pen(s) run out of ink. Needing to feel that he has completed this task (as soon as humanly possible) he heads out haphazardly, in the middle of the night, in a bath robe and slippers, to a petrol station, to the wonderment of the clerk herself who seems a bit confused why he needed pens at that hour. He explains: divorce.
Then, as he is heading home, he drops a piece of candy and wanders out in the street and is thus run over by Almut (Florence Pugh).
This scene begins an unlikely romance between the two, and also shows the rather wry humor of the director John Crowley. The details that surround the scene are generally greater than the scene itself.
For example, while Almut is a professional chef, Tobias is a spokesperson for Weetabix.

These small tidbits of humor are what I appreciated about the film, which could be a slog, but isn't due to the humor among other things. Indeed, it feels great as far as clock time is concerned.

What else can I say about the film? Well, I feel that the script and editing are rather top notch, and if you were to put yourself in the situation as these characters and the choices they had to make, I feel that many would come to the same conclusion: that is, I felt as if the film represented real life intelligently and it made me ultimately feel that I would want to revisit Almut and Tobias again in the future. Thus, in this case, it lands on my shelf!!!