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CONSENSUS
A haunting psychological drama, Time Out takes a penetrating look at the angst of the modern worker.
CAST & CREW
Aurelien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet
Directed by Laurent Cantet
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SYNOPSIS
Vincent (Aurelien Recoing) spends a lot of time in his car. He sleeps in his car sometimes, parked in highway truck stops where buses full of school children pass through during the daytime, and at night stragglers lost en route stop to drink and tell their stories. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, sensuality
RUNTIME
2 hours, 8 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Mar 29, 2002
Video: Jan 14, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
ThinkFilm
GENRE
Dramas, Foreign Films, French
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TIDBITS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
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 "I found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
 "A moving portrait of a man who has lost his place in the world."
-- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
"Cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies, two-lane highways, and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent's days"
-- Rod Armstrong, REEL.COM
"A hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic French nuance."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"The film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"[A] rare, beautiful film."
-- Kevin John Bozelka, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"a confident, richly acted, emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002's first great film"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"An intelligent and sobering look at a person's self worth, and the measures he or she will take to restore it."
-- Pete Croatto, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Full of bland hotels, highways, parking lots, with some glimpses of nature and family warmth, Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"It's unnerving to see Recoing's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment. Good film, but very glum."
-- Bob Grimm, LAS VEGAS MERCURY
"Time Out plays out slowly, but Vincent's disconnectedness creates odd suspense and black humor."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"Cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out, and at other times outside looking in."
-- Tom Keogh, SEATTLE TIMES
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"...a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job..."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip. And more than that, it's an observant, unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
" Conveys the soul-shattering debilitations of unemployment and the spunk needed to survive while adrift in the universe.
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-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"From a deceptively simple premise, this deeply moving French drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"It's a subtle mood piece in which a man's collapse is examined so rigorously that one almost hopes for a murder to come along and break the tension."
-- David Ehrenstein, NEW TIMES
"Beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of Grenoble and Geneva, the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller, until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Recoing’s fantastic performance doesn’t exactly reveal what makes Vincent tick, but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat."
-- Jeremy Heilman, MOVIEMARTYR.COM
"[A] rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity."
-- Travis Hoover, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"This is unusual, food-for-thought cinema that's as entertaining as it is instructive."
-- Laura Kelly, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama."
-- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES
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FRESH 90%
Avg. Rating: 8.5/10 |
"In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment, Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
" I admire the closing scenes of the film, which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent's complaint."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Together [Time Out and Human Resources] establish Mr. Cantet as France's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"The drama discloses almost nothing."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"From spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat, Vincent's odyssey resonates in a profound way, comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir."
-- David Hunter, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"What a modern horror story!"
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"A taut psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time."
-- Leighton Klein, BOSTON GLOBE
"Skip work to see it at the first opportunity."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Human Resources was a good, straightforward tale, but Time Out is better. It's haunting. It's like a poem."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Time Out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term."
-- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS
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"A fascinating, unique exploration of the nature of work."
-- Kevin N. Laforest, MONTREAL FILM JOURNAL
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