jbeartist

This is a great film. An underrated film. A real gem. Roman Polanski is a master storyteller, and in this wonderful film he takes us on a beautifully crafted journey through passion, obsession, the occult, the paranormal, and on into that ultimate end to which we all succumb... or do we? What if there was a way to cheat it? What if an ancient book about the Devil had the power to... From the monogrammed slippers in the opening suicide scene, via the mysterious 'girl', to the serpent tattoo on Lianna's thigh, the framed photograph on the wall next to Balkan as he tells Corso of his 'hobby', the same image on the postcard, the number Balkan presses in the lift to get to his personal floor, the number he keys into the door lock to his occult book collection... everything is important, everything is planned, everything is part of the great 'whole' that finally shows its face in the final moments of the film.

I believe there will come a time when people will rate this film among the very best of its genre. It has to be (along with the wonderful 'Ed Wood') Depp's best film. And Arturo Perez-Reverte's 'El Club Dumas' is improved upon and moulded into fabulous cinema. I love it, and have watched it over and over. And the music is great too. Top marks. Top movie.

'Time' is worth a 10.

It's quite simply brilliant.

The writing, the acting, the direction, the editing... everything about it. Moving, human, engrossing. Wonderful stuff. Thank you Jimmy McGovern, Sean Bean, Stephen Graham and the rest of the cast.

I can't believe I left it until 2020 to watch this programme. Just coming to the end of the third series and it is simply wonderful stuff. The writing, direction, production and acting are all absolutely top notch. I can't praise it enough.