The Time Being
Tribeca Film | Release Date: July 26, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The DissolveAisha HarrisJul 25, 2013
The Time Being is a visual pleasure, with Cicin-Sain unveiling shot after shot of glorious landscapes and striking silhouettes. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc MohanAug 1, 2013
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. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonJul 26, 2013
Imagine the most overdone, Philip Glass-style horror movie music playing over glossy footage of a university art class, and you have some idea what your eyes and ears are in for while attending The Time Being. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 25, 2013
Despite the movie’s flaws, Cicin-Sain does show considerable confidence for a first-time writer and director. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearJul 23, 2013
[Viewers] won’t find much here besides Langella’s typically austere performance, some lazy character sketches...and the sensation one gets after having watched paint dry, painfully slowly, on a canvas. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaAug 1, 2013
A brittle, pompous drama. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJul 25, 2013
Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece The Time Being is truly like watching paint dry. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickJul 26, 2013
The pretentious and unrelievedly glum first feature from music-video and advertising director Nenad Cicin-Sain, The Time Being looks sharp, but it’s about as dramatically satisfying as watching paint dry. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJul 24, 2013
After all the ponderous heavy breathing, it has nothing more profound to say than “artists should not neglect their families in pursuit of excellence.” Which might not ring so false if Bentley didn’t constantly look on the brink of devouring his family alive. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 25, 2013
An exhaustingly pretentious heave of artistic self-involvement, The Time Being takes an exceptionally handsome journey to nowhere at all. Read full review
20
Village VoiceR.C. BakerJul 23, 2013
The characters are as leached of tone as the film's chiaroscuro sets and grisaille paintings, although Langella is certainly game. Read full review
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