Art-school freshman Ben Ellis (Sean Biggerstaff) breaks off from his girlfriend (Emilia Fox) and chooses the late-night shift at the supermarket after developing insomnia over his broken heart. To pass the time at work, he develops a technique of freezing time. This enables him to take his appreciation of beauty to a higher level and also gives him a new understanding of love. Among the colourful characters he encounters at the supermarket, he also crosses paths with a potential love interest, Suzy (Michelle Ryan).

The subject of nudity is a tricky one. How does a man express the beauty of the naked female form without sounding like a pervert? "Cashback" is a movie that does just that. It allows audiences to take an excursion into the mind of an artist who learns how to appreciate beauty at a young age, and transforms his appreciation into drawings later in life.

"Cashback" takes our age-old obsession we have with love and beauty and sprays a whole new scent on the topic, revealing a message about love that enlightens us and warms our hearts. It uses Ben Ellis, an art-school freshman whose break-up with his girlfriend spawns a series of sleepless nights. He then decides to get a job at a supermarket, working the night shift to make some money in his misery.

The supermarket is a great distraction for Ben as he designs a unique way of passing time. Rather than hoping for time to pass faster, he freezes it. He proposes that beauty is best appreciated when we can take our time to observe it, and spend time embracing it.

The movie's main focus is on Ben's past and present life and how he has become the man who is drawn to beauty, especially that in the form of a naked female body. It comically grazes his first few encounters with the female form as well as love. Sean Biggerstaff draws audiences in with his boyish looks, reflecting sincerity and innocence. Thus, audiences can't help but be pulled into Ben's world and his perspectives as he bares his heart and life's story.

The entertaining factor in this movie are the quirky characters working at the supermarket. They come in the form of some eye candy (Michelle Ryan), wacky colleagues (Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne, and Marc Pickering) and a boss (Stuart Goodwin), not forgetting his best friend (Shaun Evans) who make the movie amusing, hilarious and totally entertaining.

Although this movie is mostly set in the supermarket, thus running the risk of being static, the constant interaction with Ben's past and present helps move the story along fairly interestingly. Principally, this movie is filled with wit and characters acting as a catalyst to frequent bulks of laughter. It would be a shame to miss it. Ben's new love interest, Suzy, has an amusing way of avoiding looking at the clock as she believes strongly that time will only pass slower when you are aware of it.

Also, be prepared for the misfits like Marc Pickering who plays a karate 'expert' with moves that will hurt you from laughing too much; and Barry (Michael Dixon) and Matt (Michael Lambourne) who pass the time avoiding work in the most tickling of ways. The football match scene including the colleagues is also amusing.

One can only wonder how you could learn about love from a broken-hearted artist working the late night shift at a supermarket full of misfits. Nonetheless, this movie carefully unravels layer by layer, with each layer bringing us closer to the moral of the story. It prances on your unsuspecting mind, and in the end, you learn a lesson or two about how love and time are intertwined. From the wise words of Ben Ellis, "sometimes love is hiding between the seconds of your life".