time code i want the time back

Review of time code

I had never seen time code even though it cam out in 1999 its one of the though movies that always seem to get talk about but I managed to miss. 4 screen view, handel digital camara , documentary styling . watching this in hindsight of shows such as 24 and arrested development it seam to me that this film is an exercises in what can be a achieved but note necessarily a success in it self. Starting out as four separate stories shows in four different screen the film build bridge between each screen in plot that use modem technology in society such as phone and cars to move the plot when direct and act should. The film suffers from two big flaws the lack of proper direction and the ability of the ensemble cast. There is a sense of filling the time between cutting to different screens, supporting act with out the ability to hold the attention of the viewer fill the screen to often babbling about nothing with out delivering the comedy of the situation. The stars or big names in this movie each hold there own because we trust them as view but also because they have ability to hold the screen with the exception of saffron borrows who is cold and lifeless as always and seams to freezer all humanity out of her story line even in scene when the plot demands you feel for her you just cant. Scene in which the director use his own story line to justify the films structure a valid s satire but is losted in the fact that this movie should have been scripted not improvised by using the structure of technology and not have a back bone to the story the screen is filled with empty acting on four screen instead of four and though although im grateful to this movie for proving what is technically and stylistically possible. I feel it ultimately fails because at no point are we given a story that could not have been better using traditional structures of a 2 way split screen.