This week I watched “We Live In Time” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. While the story isn’t told linearly it centre’s on the relationship between a talented chef named Almut and a recent divorcee named Tobias. From their meet-cute when Almut hits Tobias with her car while he’s stumbling around depressed in a housecoat, to their budding romance full of ups and downs, Almut’s first cancer diagnosis, going through treatment, going into remission, struggling with infertility, getting pregnant, raising a daughter, to her second cancer diagnosis and her struggle coming to grips with her own mortality and wanting to achieve something meaningful in life, while Tobias struggles to understand and grapples with his own fear over losing the love of his life and raising a child alone…this movie takes you on a wild emotional rollercoaster and I was here for it.
I fucking loved this movie. That’s not a shocking revelation. I knew I would love it the moment I watched the trailer maybe 6 or 8 months ago. Florence Pugh? Love her. Andrew Garfield? C’mon…still my favorite Peter Parker. This is exactly the type of movie I love: a real, grounded, emotional look at the tragedy of life, but with a sprinkle of hope that leaves you with a “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” type feeling. I eat that stuff up all day and I will never stop.
I refuse to say anything critical about this film, so I will highlight some of my favorite parts. First, there is the scene, I believe it’s the morning after they first hook up where he’s leaving and the camera has this split shot where you see the both of them leaning on either side of the door, taking a moment before they carry on with their day, and they each have this subtle exhale smile…It’s perfect, one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on screen and expertly captures that moment of how it feels when you know you’re sunk deep in the throws of love. Whoever came up with that shot is amazing and the performances were *chef’s kiss*.
Second, Andrew and Florence killed it. I loved both of their characters and could really identify with them as they went through all their different life events. My favorite scene by far was the gas station birth, just wild. The two actors who played the gas station attendants were also fantastic.
Third, not only is this movie entertaining and poignant, it’s also educational. There’s a point where Almut teaches Tobias that the best way to crack an egg is on a flat surface. Friends, for 38 years I have always cracked my eggs on an edge of some sort, assuming that if I used a flat surface I would just smash it, but since watching this movie I’ve been flat cracking my eggs and it is a game changer!
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