Cashback
(M18)- Release Date: 2nd August 2007 (Showtimes)
- Language: English
- Running Time: 115 mins
- Genre: Romance / Comedy
- Director: Sean Ellis
- Cast: Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin, Stuart Goodman, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans. (Full Cast)
- Local Distributor: Golden Village Pictures
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).
Latest Review
Witty & Original
What I loved most: Makes you laugh buckets
What I really hated: Can't think of any
The audience hears Ben's voice and enters his world from his perspective, a sensitive artist's world... The movie has a good balance of melancholy, humour and quirkiness. The slow pace was injected with extremely funny & witty bits here & there thus making the whole movie less of trying your patience. Some guys (as in guys, men) might find it too slow-moving because I encountered one man fidgeting impatiently and complaining beside me. I find it very real - how people who find work boring and try all sorts of things to kill time and amuse themselves during work. Some shallow guys who are sexed up and like playing pranks on people. A bossy boss who is not exactly intelligent. A cashier avoiding looking at time pass so pyschologically she feels the time passes faster. A geek trying to be a gung-fu master and amuses you with his oh-so-typical-and-in-his-own-world behaviour. The distress one goes thru when out of love. You may even find some of these characters familiar cuz you've met some in your life before! The romantic message of the film is not a notion I can completely grasp... if it's a simple message of stopping time to appreciate the beauty around you especially of the one you have affection for, it didn't quite tug at my heartstrings, personally I think the Japanese do a better job at romance. Nevertheless it's defintely a thumbs-up for this one. Gvie it a try and experience a refreshing change from the hollywood slip-stick comedy or big-budget epic movies.
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