There’s a particular brand of weepy drama that is always bound to get me. A good amount of resilience, a healthy dose of stiff upper lips in the face of abject tragedy – do it even remotely well, and you’ve got me. I’ll be crying in that theater.
“We Live in Time,” directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Payne, does it more than remotely well. One part romance, one part melodrama, and one part cooking show (I’m very serious), “We Live in Time” can be predictable, and you can sometimes feel the gears turning, urging your tear ducts to release. But, there are enough moments that don’t take the typical route towards their emotional endpoints – and when you add two wonderful actors to the mix, just because you can feel the manipulations doesn’t stop them from working.
Read Sammie’s full review on Rough Draft
