TiMER (2009) ( Timer )

TiMER (2009) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Timer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jac Schaeffer

Written By:
Jac Schaeffer

Actors:
Emma Caulfield ..... Oona
Michelle Borth ..... Steph
John Patrick Amedori ..... Mikey
Desmond Harrington ..... Dan the Man
JoBeth Williams ..... Marion
Bianca Brockl ..... Soledad
Cristina Cimellaro ..... Host
Sean C. Francis ..... CEO
Mark Harelik ..... Dr. Serious
Scott Holroyd ..... Brian
John Ingle ..... Dutch
Tom Irwin ..... Paul
Christine Joaquin ..... Cindy
Eric Jungmann ..... Manager Larry
Celene Lee ..... Tammi

Synopsis:

In the near future, people can put a timer on their wrist that counts down until they meet their soul mate, as long as that person also has a timer. Step-sisters Oona and Steph, nearly 30, are slaves to their timers: Steph's won't go off for years and Oona's is blank (her soul mate doesn't yet have one). Then Oona meets Mikey and Steph meets Ben. Mikey is younger than Oona, a bit Bohemian, his timer set to go off in four months: he likes Oona and invites her to go with the flow for a change. For his own reasons, Ben doesn't have a timer, but he likes Steph and it's mutual. In this scientific world, is there room for love - and would anyone know it if it stared them in the face?

"Timer," a charming comedy written and directed by Jac Schaeffer, leaves you free to ponder moderately pithy questions afterward, if you choose. For instance: if you knew in advance the exact day you would meet your soul mate, would you be more likely to spend the intervening weeks or years remaining chaste for that future partner, or would you try to squeeze in as many one-night stands as possible beforehand? Which is worse, knowing that your soul mate is still many years in your future, or meeting him or her while you're still in junior high?

When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate - whoever and wherever he is - has yet to have a TiMER implanted. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey, a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a countdown of four months.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 20 December, 2020.