Our Time Machine

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Our Time Machine

2020

1h 26m

Documentary

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A father and son confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.

Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

09/11/2020

3/4

Our Time Machine leaves you wanting a whole lot more, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

09/10/2020

3/5

Maleonn somehow finds an anchor of optimism amidst the situation, despite his father's steady memory decline. That, too, is part of this film's gift.

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

09/10/2020

[An] often visually beautiful movie...

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

09/28/2020

3/5

It's a sweet doc, one that neither over-extends itself nor gins up daily conflicts into climactic moments.

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Lisa Trifone

Third Coast Review

09/20/2020

3.5/4

The filmmakers took their time making a film about the passage of it, chronicling not only Maleonn's production and his father's illness but also the artist's evolving personal life.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

09/15/2020

Our Time Machine suggests that art has healing qualities-not just for its audience, but for art-makers themselves, and even those who can no longer make the art they spent their lives on.

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Synopsis

A father and son confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.

Director: S. Leo Chiang, Sun Yung
Producer: S. Leo Chiang, Sun Yung
Screenwriter: S. Leo Chiang
Distributor: The Film Collaborative
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2020
Runtime: 1h 26m

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