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A brittle, pompous drama about artists and the price they pay for inspiration. Aug 1, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
A brittle, pompous drama about artists and the price they pay for inspiration.
Randy Cordova
Director Nemad Cicin-Sain and co-writer Richard N. Gladstein are both guilty of serving up a totally empty, tonally confused meditation on the creative process. Jul 26, 2013 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Director Nemad Cicin-Sain and co-writer Richard N. Gladstein are both guilty of serving up a totally empty, tonally confused meditation on the creative process.
Odie Henderson
"The Time Being'' looks sharp, but it's about as dramatically satisfying as watching paint dry. Jul 26, 2013 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
"The Time Being'' looks sharp, but it's about as dramatically satisfying as watching paint dry.
Lou Lumenick
An exhaustingly pretentious heave of artistic self-involvement, "The Time Being" takes an exceptionally handsome journey to nowhere at all. Jul 25, 2013 | Rating: 2/5
An exhaustingly pretentious heave of artistic self-involvement, "The Time Being" takes an exceptionally handsome journey to nowhere at all.
Jeannette Catsoulis
While the underdeveloped script - co-written by Richard Gladstein - never earns its sense of self-importance, the visuals are evocative enough to draw us further into the movie's ultimately unsatisfying mysteries. Jul 25, 2013 | Full Review…
While the underdeveloped script - co-written by Richard Gladstein - never earns its sense of self-importance, the visuals are evocative enough to draw us further into the movie's ultimately unsatisfying mysteries.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece "The Time Being" is truly like watching paint dry. Jul 25, 2013 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece "The Time Being" is truly like watching paint dry.
Gary Goldstein
With visual artistry at its finest, The Time Being is an emotionally heart-wrenching work that establishes Nenad Cicin-Sain as a visual storyteller. Nov 26, 2019 | Full Review…
With visual artistry at its finest, The Time Being is an emotionally heart-wrenching work that establishes Nenad Cicin-Sain as a visual storyteller.
Debbie Lynn Elias
While trying to examine the difficulty of reconciling an artist's identity with the banality of everyday responsibilities, The Time Being wastes its potential on trite passages of dialogue and melodramatic flourishes. Aug 22, 2019 | Full Review…
While trying to examine the difficulty of reconciling an artist's identity with the banality of everyday responsibilities, The Time Being wastes its potential on trite passages of dialogue and melodramatic flourishes.
Nicholas Bell
There reaches a point... at which the film settles into a deliberately-paced yet completely watchable groove, with the emphasis on the relationship between the two men ensuring that The Time Being ultimately succeeds as a low-key drama. Jul 6, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
There reaches a point... at which the film settles into a deliberately-paced yet completely watchable groove, with the emphasis on the relationship between the two men ensuring that The Time Being ultimately succeeds as a low-key drama.
David Nusair
The Time Being's calculated fabrication does look gorgeous onscreen, but at the same time hinders its audience from truly engaging with the story. Jul 1, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
The Time Being's calculated fabrication does look gorgeous onscreen, but at the same time hinders its audience from truly engaging with the story.
Jared Mobarak
Despite some powerful imagery, the film provides only minimal insight into the artistic process, and its characters aren't compelling enough to pick up the slack. Dec 11, 2013 | Full Review…
Despite some powerful imagery, the film provides only minimal insight into the artistic process, and its characters aren't compelling enough to pick up the slack.
Todd Jorgenson
Langella is solid as always, but his haunted, bitter character is pretty two-dimensional, and having to share all his scenes with Bentley doesn't allow for much interplay. Aug 1, 2013 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Langella is solid as always, but his haunted, bitter character is pretty two-dimensional, and having to share all his scenes with Bentley doesn't allow for much interplay.
Marc Mohan
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