Saturday, August 03, 2019

Time Lapse (2014)

Three friends discover a camera that photographs the same window every day, 24 hours in the future and decide to use it for personal advantage.

Low budget film, quite interesting, in the style of Primer trying to emphasize the human aspect of the consequences of trying to control time. The characters become greedier and more paranoid by the minute without actually having a strong enough reason, for the sole reason that the most recent picture taken shows them in a particularly intriguing circumstance. The cause becomes the effect and vice versa. The actors manage to make the transitions as credible as possible and the screenwriters manage to introduce some unexpected surprises. The film shows very little science and a lot of human weakness.
The ending reminds me of the common confusion during daylight saving time, when your mind can't adjust properly and you can't decide whether you need to wake up earlier or later.

Directed by: Bradley King
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt O'Leary, George Finn

Rating: 8/10

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