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- 2015
- Not Rated
- Alameda Entertainment
- 1 h 44 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Alameda Entertainment
- 1 h 44 m
Summary When three friends discover a mysterious machine in their neighbor’s apartment, they encounter a number of pressing questions, not least of which is the whereabouts of their neighbor. Realizing the potential impact of the machine, Finn (Matt O’Leary), Jasper (George Finn), and Callie (Danielle Panabaker) attempt to cash in on their disco...
Directed By: Bradley King
Written By: Bp Cooper, Bradley King
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Alameda Entertainment
- 1 h 44 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Alameda Entertainment
- 1 h 44 m
Time Lapse
50
6.6
Where to Watch
Summary When three friends discover a mysterious machine in their neighbor’s apartment, they encounter a number of pressing questions, not least of which is the whereabouts of their neighbor. Realizing the potential impact of the machine, Finn (Matt O’Leary), Jasper (George Finn), and Callie (Danielle Panabaker) attempt to cash in on their disco...
Directed By: Bradley King
Written By: Bp Cooper, Bradley King
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
50
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A first feature for helmer Bradley King and co-scenarist BP Cooper (though the latter has produced several indies), Time Lapse works due to both their escalating pileup of well-thought-out complications and credible character psychologies nicely communicated by expert performances.
Director Bradley King and his co-writer, B.P. Cooper, manage to overcome their shoddy premise as the plot progresses assuredly and persuasively.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.6
54% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
39% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
7% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 46 User Ratings
6.6
54% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
39% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
7% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Time Lapse provokes thought, but mostly in spite of itself.
That Bradley King's debut Time Lapse half-succeeds is a small miracle.
Time Lapse is time travel thriller that flatlines, mainly because of the consistently flat performances.
How well do you really know your neighbors? When Callie and Finn's elderly neighbor passes away, they are left to clean out his apartment and what they find is more than a little disturbing. Next to some strange device is a wall with thousands of pictures of them! At first they think the man was just a pervert, until the next day when they realize the machine is a camera that is taking a picture of their apartment, 24 hours into the future. With the help of their friend, Jasper, the couple decides to use the technology to get rich, but it doesn't take long for the local criminal element to realize what's going on, and try to take a piece of it. Most writer/directors don't hit a homerun their first time out, but in this case, with the help of a young up and coming cast, that's exactly what Bradley King did. This film is very engaging and has you on the edge of your seat, combined with an utterly shocking ending, this is the kind of film that you will still be thinking about days later. It's amazing to me that something of this quality was never released in theaters, but it is just as good, if not better than any thing you'll see on the big screen. The one drawback is that it does take a little while to get moving, hence the bad reviews from people who can't give a film more than twenty minutes, but once it gets started, Time Lapse quickly grabs hold and never lets go. It is refreshingly original and has a young cast that is every bit as intense as the film itself.
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For low budget film this movie was pretty good. I was surprised because I thought It would become one of those movies that you stop watching half way through because its boring but this movie is not like that. To me is not a 7 its a solid 6.5 worth watching tho.
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An interesting premise that somewhat squanders the philosophical quandaries that could be potentially drawn from it, Time Lapse is still certainly an entertaining movie with a nontraditional plot arc, which is in of itself good enough for a recommendation. It's first third is fairly sloppy, with cringe worthy writing and acting and bewildering camera work that almost had me wanting to turn it off. Thankfully it's able to recover significantly once it's done setting everything up and things begin to turn sinister. The second 2/3's of the movie have many moments of well-orchestrated tension, and it's never plain what will lie around each corner, leading the viewer to experience a near constant mix of surprise and suspense, a rare feat for any movie.
What it does well in suspense and plot it lacks in character development. The acting has a pretty wide range from terrible to good, but the characters themselves are flat and have motivations that essentially exist to serve the plot. No one feels real. As they begin to contemplate just how much control they have over their lives and feel like someones pulling their strings, so do we get the feeling they are only doing what they're doing because it makes for more interesting screen time.
And interesting it is. Perhaps not as interesting as it could have been though. For instance, the film skirts along the surface of exploring the nature of causality, but never really dives in. The characters just make broad assumptions that they shouldn't "cross" time, a dubious assumption to be sure, and thus disappointingly attempt to fulfill a predicted future rather than challenge the status quo. Thus some real meat is left on the bone as it turns out the premise, like the characters, exist merely to serve the plot and push it forward.
On the spectrum of time travel movies I'd put it somewhere above Triangle and well below Primer, probably around Looper or Coherence. It's an intriguing white-knuckled romp, but the frustrating characters and writing, uneven acting, and slothful first 1/3 keep it from greatness.
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TV movie quality. Sci-fi time travel potential soon gives way to gambling then fear and intimidation, putting relationships under stress and leaving little for me to like. I saw it through only because I vaguely wondered what happened next, but it never really made me care.
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An incels dream movie. The writing of this movie is so bad I wasted 2 hours of my life laughing with my wife just judging it. Budget is not the problem here, the concept is cool, but the writing and cast just don't work, royalty free music, actors that look like they come straight from shutterstock...cringe compilation.
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Production Company
Royal Pictures,
Uncooperative Pictures,
Veritas Productions
Release Date May 15, 2015
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Once you've seen the future, you can't look away.
Awards
Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Maverick Movie Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Orlando Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
