The Child In Time Movie Review - Patience Is The Key
After his only daughter goes missing from a supermarket, a grief-stricken man continues to handle his daily routine all the while being optimistic about his daughters well being.
Cast - Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore, Saskia Reeves
Directed By - Julian Farino
Genre - Drama
The Child in Time was adapted from the novel of the same name which was written by Ian McEwan in 1987. The film first premiered on BBC One on 24 September 2017 before being released on 5 July 2018 in Germany. This movie is about Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose daughter goes missing from a supermarket. "She was just there," he says and goes into a cry of despair feeling responsible for the loss. He blames himself for the tragedy which leads to a turbulent bond between him and his wife, Julie (Kelly Macdonald), who eventually moves away from him.
This is perhaps Stephen's greatest nightmare as he never imagined something like this in his life. Of course, no one expects these things, they just happen. He is a successful writer who writes books for children, and he has quite a fan following as we come to know within minutes into the film.
I have seen my fair share of movies involving personal loss and a grief-stricken family coping up with it but what makes this a bit different from those are that it doesn't waste any time in melodrama or long montages of sad faces crying on the screen. The opening sequence showed us the tragedy followed by a shot showing a devastated and confused Stephen crying with his wife in his arms, and then it cuts three years ahead showing him getting along with his best friend Charles (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his wife Thelma (Saskia Reeves) in a restaurant. For most of the time, the film follows the same structure by cutting between the past and the present in a Nolan -ish style narration which tells us that the grievances of the past don't go away easily and take up space in your present. Time can heal the wounds as well as open them.
So, it was refreshing to see that the film does not get only about there loss but also explores the daily life of the characters and how they deal with there surroundings with respect to the changing time. The film achieves this by introducing subplots like the retirement of his best friend and some fishy things around it or placing another woman in Stephen's life who has a crush on him. These things keep the movie grounded and in real-time. It feels more realistic and believable.
But this is where many people will have issues with the film. One look at it and you will find it riddled with plot holes and if not that then you will probably get bored with it. For the majority of the moviegoers, this might come as boredom as it is a slow-burner which doesn't reach its destination for a long time. The introduction of subplots that we talked about could further degrade your viewing experience. This is proven by the ratings it got as on the one hand the critics did enjoy the refreshing take on the plot (81% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83% on Metacritic) while the audiences booed it down (44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.7 on IMDB).
Whatever the ratings be, one thing everybody agrees upon are the performances of the actors in the film. Benedict Cumberbatch can surely melt into any character with ease. Whatever the role may be, he never lets you down and always delivers masterfully as one expects from him. Kelly Macdonald is as beautiful as the gorgeous visuals and breathtaking scenery in the film. An actor who equally balances Cumberbatch's performance without revealing too much or less than required. Stephen Moore's transition from a high-class individual to a child-like character was fascinating to watch.
The film doesn't answer questions about what actually happened to the little girl. Did she get abducted? Did she die? Where is she? While this may bother many of the audiences but if you look beyond it, you will find a real depiction of loss and what it feels like to get separated from someone you intimately love. The Child in Time provides an optimistic view of life and shows a bright light at the end of the dark tunnel.
Rating - 3.5/5
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Cast - Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore, Saskia Reeves
Directed By - Julian Farino
Genre - Drama
The Child in Time was adapted from the novel of the same name which was written by Ian McEwan in 1987. The film first premiered on BBC One on 24 September 2017 before being released on 5 July 2018 in Germany. This movie is about Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose daughter goes missing from a supermarket. "She was just there," he says and goes into a cry of despair feeling responsible for the loss. He blames himself for the tragedy which leads to a turbulent bond between him and his wife, Julie (Kelly Macdonald), who eventually moves away from him.
This is perhaps Stephen's greatest nightmare as he never imagined something like this in his life. Of course, no one expects these things, they just happen. He is a successful writer who writes books for children, and he has quite a fan following as we come to know within minutes into the film.
I have seen my fair share of movies involving personal loss and a grief-stricken family coping up with it but what makes this a bit different from those are that it doesn't waste any time in melodrama or long montages of sad faces crying on the screen. The opening sequence showed us the tragedy followed by a shot showing a devastated and confused Stephen crying with his wife in his arms, and then it cuts three years ahead showing him getting along with his best friend Charles (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his wife Thelma (Saskia Reeves) in a restaurant. For most of the time, the film follows the same structure by cutting between the past and the present in a Nolan -ish style narration which tells us that the grievances of the past don't go away easily and take up space in your present. Time can heal the wounds as well as open them.
So, it was refreshing to see that the film does not get only about there loss but also explores the daily life of the characters and how they deal with there surroundings with respect to the changing time. The film achieves this by introducing subplots like the retirement of his best friend and some fishy things around it or placing another woman in Stephen's life who has a crush on him. These things keep the movie grounded and in real-time. It feels more realistic and believable.
But this is where many people will have issues with the film. One look at it and you will find it riddled with plot holes and if not that then you will probably get bored with it. For the majority of the moviegoers, this might come as boredom as it is a slow-burner which doesn't reach its destination for a long time. The introduction of subplots that we talked about could further degrade your viewing experience. This is proven by the ratings it got as on the one hand the critics did enjoy the refreshing take on the plot (81% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83% on Metacritic) while the audiences booed it down (44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.7 on IMDB).
Whatever the ratings be, one thing everybody agrees upon are the performances of the actors in the film. Benedict Cumberbatch can surely melt into any character with ease. Whatever the role may be, he never lets you down and always delivers masterfully as one expects from him. Kelly Macdonald is as beautiful as the gorgeous visuals and breathtaking scenery in the film. An actor who equally balances Cumberbatch's performance without revealing too much or less than required. Stephen Moore's transition from a high-class individual to a child-like character was fascinating to watch.
The film doesn't answer questions about what actually happened to the little girl. Did she get abducted? Did she die? Where is she? While this may bother many of the audiences but if you look beyond it, you will find a real depiction of loss and what it feels like to get separated from someone you intimately love. The Child in Time provides an optimistic view of life and shows a bright light at the end of the dark tunnel.
Rating - 3.5/5
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Twitter - https://twitter.com/vikas_yadav98
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