Movie Review: We Live In Time (2024) seen in theatres

Drama; not recommended for young children; nudity, sexuality, scenes which depict and discuss pregnancy and childbirth, graphic medical scenes and images, including scenes which discuss and depict illness, scenes which depict possible imminent death, some disturbing and graphic images, including a scene which depicts an auto collision resulting in hospitalization

This movie follows a female chef who attempts to lead a normal life amid a recent cancer diagnosis after finding out she is also pregnant.

I’m just going to cut to the chase in terms of this movie’s faults. With the exception of two minor good points throughout, this movie is easily one of the least bit to be desired that I have ever seen. I’ve been told in the past that maybe having a girlfriend is not a good idea. People have told me that I will never get my alone time and that I will be forced into doing things I don’t want to do while also being told that I would have to put up with her drama, (meaning my girlfriend if I ever got one.) Well, I honestly didn’t think it could be so bad given the fact that I would in turn get to be among the many obtain a notch under his belt for doing the deed. Well, this movie taught me that everybody was right in assuming that I have it good not having anybody. As a matter of fact, throughout this movie I was questioning if the sex had throughout, (which is one of this movie’s very few good qualities,) was worth it considering everything the guy had to go through in the aftermath. I mean, his wife already announced that she had cancer so logically that would mean there’s enough stress without the addition of the child. Also, there is a chance that the baby can also inherit the cancer itself given that the person giving birth to the child had cancer. To be quite honest, I’m not a doctor but I would think this would put the baby at risk of meeting his/her demise even before he/she is born. Another thing to consider is the fact that even if the baby was to survive, there would be a good chance that the guy would have had to raise it on his own given his wife’s condition and also the good chance she may not make it. For this reason, sex is pretty much pointless given the involvement of the cancer. It’s only setting him up for more heartbreak and work once the inevitable happens.

Another thing I didn’t like about this movie is the fact that it hit way too close to home for me as it mirrored an exact situation mom went through earlier this year, (though it was nowhere near as bad in her case.) Most of the scenes in this movie, (if not sexual or work related,) either discussed the cancer getting worse or depicted scenes in which she suffered from it by vomiting profusely in a couple of scenes as well as sustaining a bloody nose, (again I’m not a doctor but this is presumed to be from the cancer as best I know.) In terms of discussion regarding this, doctors had nothing good to say about it throughout, even going as far as to tell her the cancer is only getting worse. Some people may disagree with me saying this but the actress in the movie actually looks as bit like mom back when she had blonde hair. Therefore, everything that happened in the movie was being attributed to happening to mom. At times, I had to tell myself that it’s not mom in the movie just to keep from getting emotional. However, the drama in this movie made it almost impossible to do so and I nearly broke down. Luckily I managed to hold it in but just barely.

The real takeaway I got from this movie is that I’m never having kids. Near the end of the movie when she is attempting to give birth in the bathroom of the gas station, I nearly walked out as it was so graphic and disgusting to watch. This was once again attributed to mom and I had to constantly tell myself that it’s not her in the movie suffering on the floor and eventually giving birth. This also gave me thoughts of my newborn nephew, (who I have yet to meet in person at the time of this writing,) and how my brother possibly would have gone through similar trauma. The only thing that kept me from walking out was the money I initially spent on the ticket.

Now I want to get to the good scenes in this movie. While 99% of this movie was garbage, I have to say that I do have some admiration for the actress who played the lead role in this film as she starred in “Fighting with my Family,” (2019, blog not submitted for this movie,) with the Rock. I am a huge wrestling fan so I have to give this movie credit for at least having one aspect of it that made it passable. Actually, there are two aspects I liked about this movie. There’s the fact that the actress starred in a wrestling movie but there’s also the fact that she wrestled in her own way in the beginning of this movie, which likely caused all of the problems throughout the movie other than her cancer. Also in doing so, I saw a part of her that I normally don’t see in even the steamiest romantic movie. In the “wrestling” scene, her big pieces of extra skin (you know the part of a woman that a newborn baby sucks to get milk after he/she is born) is shown. They simply do not show that part of a woman in this day and age. I don’t know what happened to those types of movies. I guess the 90’s are over. Sorry, I did not want to say the name of those pieces of skin as I do know this is going online and there are some people that may be offended by me saying it. However, I think most men would agree with me and know what I’m talking about. The point is that these two minor scenes were enough to boost the overall rating of this movie which would have been a complete 0 otherwise. What shocks me the most is that despite this movie hitting way too close to home for me and possibly bringing back horrible memories for mom given what she had to go through earlier this year, she still wants to see it. I honestly don’t know why. For that matter, I would not pay to see this movie again whether I had a free movie or not. Having said that, I do have a heart and I promised that I would take every aspect of this movie into account when determining what to rate it. This is me being totally generous but I feel like the two scenes which were passable, (brief as they were,) should be taken into account. I always want to end on a high note so I will say that this movie is passable at best.

Movie rating: 5 out of 10

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