Sometimes a movie will catch me off guard, in how good the movie is, or sometimes even how bad (a special award goes to GI Joe for being absolutely awful.) I much prefer when the movie is better then I was expecting, like Timer. I rented the movie, figuring I'd enjoy it as much as any other chick flick out there if I was lucky, considering it was a smaller non main stream film.
What if there was a Timer you could have implanted into your skin that would count down to when you are expected to meet your true love, and it only works when that person also has a timer. It brings into play some really big questions, like do you really have only one true love? What if your timer never starts to count down, and what if you're in love with somebody and your timer is counting down to someone else.
I often like a movie for a lot of different reasons, just like those reasons could mean me not liking the movie. The reason I liked this movie doesn't fall under the traditional reasons of liking a film. I like it because it raises those questions.
To get back on to point, this movie is about a girl who has a timer, but it hasn't started counting down and she fears she'll be alone forever until she meets a much younger grocery store clerk and decides to have a relationship with him.
I really quite enjoyed this movie, it made me laugh and sad. And it really got me thinking.
I give it 4 Icecream Scoops out 5
Rated R for language
