We Live in Time
A24 | Release Date: October 11, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
18
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TimesKevin MaherJan 3, 2025
This is a film that, at its best, while softly cradling its two battered protagonists, is also howling madly at the shadow of mortality. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenSep 8, 2024
There’s an achingly palpable, playful chemistry between Pugh and Garfield that leaps off the screen. But they also refuse to shy away from letting their characters’ less attractive qualities bleed through. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 17, 2024
Crowley doesn’t blink at the cradle-to-grave graphic intimacy of Payne’s script, and in Garfield and Pugh he finds a duo who understand the deceptions and devotions of a beautifully flawed relationship. Watch ’em and weep, kids. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 15, 2024
With Pugh and Garfield delivering authentic, genuine movie-star performances, “We Live in Time” is an old-fashioned weeper, done with heart and originality. It’s a Movie We Think You’ll Like. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 8, 2024
It doesn’t take much to write or perform an explosive scene of unmitigated furor. It does to balance it with the empathy to know it comes from a place of fear. The acting is a huge piece to that puzzle because none of this works without believing Almut and Tobias are soulmates. Read full review
82
TheWrapSteve PondSep 7, 2024
In a movie whose setup that almost inevitably leads to rampant sentimentality, Pugh and Garfield are enormously charming actors who are also skilled at undercutting their own charm; they commit to the sentiment without yielding to it, making We Live in Time a truly charming and surprisingly rich film. Read full review
80
EmpireAmon WarmannJan 2, 2025
Pugh and Garfield are a dynamite duo in this likably earnest, satisfyingly complicated love story. Worthy of your time, and your tears. Read full review
80
Time OutHelen O'HaraDec 13, 2024
It feels real, and honest, in a way that too few romantic films manage. Read full review
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerOct 18, 2024
Pugh’s fierceness and Garfield’s ready access to emotion make them a good match; the dialogue is witty and it’s a pleasure just to listen to them talk. Most importantly, everyone involved is serious about and committed to and yes, in love with the story. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredFrancisca TinocoOct 15, 2024
We Live in Time packs an emotional, surprisingly meditative punch in the form of one of the most beautiful romance films of the last decade. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneDavid FearOct 11, 2024
We Live in Time is an actor’s movie, by necessity if not always by design. You know where the destination ends before the movie’s even begun. Pugh and Garfield make the endgame worth the journey, no matter where you place it. Read full review
80
IGNAlyssa MoraOct 11, 2024
While the bones of the story itself may not be particularly groundbreaking, what’s brilliant about We Live in Time is that it encourages us to find wonder in the everyday. Read full review
80
SlashfilmWitney SeiboldOct 10, 2024
Crowley may be telling a melodramatic story, but he studiously avoids sentimentality. Read full review
80
Vanity FairRichard LawsonSep 9, 2024
There is also its nimble humor, its refreshingly frank and positive depictions of sex—perhaps we are finally turning a corner on that whole issue. And there is the remarkable Pugh, doing so much to deeply humanize a story of pretty people in pretty places and ever so slightly contrived circumstances. Read full review
80
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSep 7, 2024
We Live in Time gives us what we’ve been missing from romantic dramas. It might be a tearjerker, but there’s a sense of peace watching the couple live as full a life as they can together. And really, that’s all we can ask for while we’re still here. Read full review
80
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 7, 2024
It’s such a joy to watch two such assured and natural performers allowed the room to exercise both movie star and actor muscles as well as showcase their ease with both comedy and drama. Read full review
80
ColliderRoss BonaimeSep 7, 2024
With Pugh and Garfield leading this tremendous love story, We Live in Time becomes one of the best movie romances in years, and proves that few filmmakers can present the power of love quite like Crowley can. Read full review
75
Original-CinKaren GordonOct 18, 2024
It hits a lot of the right notes, but, overall the film suffers from a predictable plot. But Pugh and Garfield’s nuanced performances give the film empathy and depth that pulls us through. Read full review
75
The Associated PressLindsey BahrOct 10, 2024
It is charming and silly and sometimes cringey — other people’s relationships always are— and in the end it works exceedingly well because of them and their wonderful chemistry. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaSep 7, 2024
Crowley and Payne owe a considerable debt to Pugh and Garfield. But for their presence, the film might not have been able to rise above its borderline twee mundanity. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 7, 2024
We Live in Time is a film that looks you in the eyes as it tugs on your heartstrings, a movie that would almost certainly fall apart with lesser performers to make this kind of shallow script feel organic. Luckily, this one has Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Read full review
70
LooperAudrey FoxSep 20, 2024
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are both preternaturally likable, and it's their performances and chemistry together that helps We Live in Time stand out from the crowd. Even so, the film's gimmick and its two glittering stars aren't quite enough to elevate this into must-watch territory. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 21, 2024
Those yearning to make use of a small package of tissues may be willing to overlook the movie’s deficiencies but I can’t help but wonder whether a conventional telling of the same story might have been more effective in the long run. Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittOct 17, 2024
A film like, say, all-time weepie cancer tale “Love Story” crescendos toward the eventual waterworks – while it may leave some looking for a tissue, “We Live in Time” ends up thwarting rather than boosting that catharsis. Read full review
63
ObserverOliver JonesOct 15, 2024
By crisscrossing time frames, Crowley, working from a script by playwright Nick Payne, halts his film’s momentum and lessens the overall impact of the central romance. Read full review
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