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Time Out on DVD (2001)
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Staged with meticulous care, this solemnly fascinating drama is loosely based on the case of Jean-Claude Romand, the seemingly successful businessman who wove a web of deception to prevent his family discovering he'd lost his job. Choosing not to follow the Romand case to its violent conclusion — Romand eventually murdered his family — director Laurent Cantet here re-creates the routines that occupied the man's empty days and the scams by which he sought to raise funds. However, Cantet struggles to communicate his interior life and provides little worthwhile insight into the man's psychological state. Although stage star Aurélien Recoing's performance is chillingly cheerless in isolation, it's less convincing when he's in the company of his increasingly suspicious wife, Karin Viard. It's a truly tragic scenario, but ultimately too restrained to compel. Rolling Stone "...TIME OUT is as timely and wrenching a film as you'll find anywhere in these dog days of corporate downsizing....Recoing gives a performance that won't soon be forgotten. Neither will TIME OUT. It's a great movie..." New York Times "...[A] leisurely film....Mr. Recoing's performance is a sensitive portrayal of a man in the throes of an excruciating spiritual crisis....TIME OUT is entrancingly beautiful..." Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most Helpful |
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