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The Time Being
Directed by
Nenad Cicin-Sain
2013
88m
Not Rated
Mystery
5.5
28%
33%
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An artist meets a mysterious and wealthy benefactor and their relationship is not what it appears to be.
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Cast of The Time Being
Wes Bentley
Daniel
Frank Langella
Warner Dax
Sarah Paulson
Sarah
Ahna O'Reilly
Olivia
Corey Stoll
Eric
Jeremy Allen White
Gus
Gina Gallego
Anjelica
Mila Brener
Winona
Aiden Lovekamp
Marco
Sandra Seacat
Annette
Thurn Hoffman
Henry
Ivan Shaw
Officer
Megan Kuhlmann
Nurse
The Time Being Reviews
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
An exhaustingly pretentious heave of artistic self-involvement, "The Time Being" takes an exceptionally handsome journey to nowhere at all.
Arizona Republic
Randy Cordova
A brittle, pompous drama about artists and the price they pay for inspiration.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Snail paced, insufferably portentous, and virtually devoid of notable incident ...
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece "The Time Being" is truly like watching paint dry.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"The Time Being'' looks sharp, but it's about as dramatically satisfying as watching paint dry.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
Director Nemad Cicin-Sain and co-writer Richard N. Gladstein are both guilty of serving up a totally empty, tonally confused meditation on the creative process.
amNewYork
Robert Levin
A more apt title might have been Wes Bentley Stares at Stuff.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
There reaches a point... at which the film settles into a deliberately-paced yet completely watchable groove, with the emphasis on the relationship between the two men ensuring that The Time Being ultimately succeeds as a low-key drama.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
The Time Being's calculated fabrication does look gorgeous onscreen, but at the same time hinders its audience from truly engaging with the story.
The Dissolve
Aisha Harris
The Time Being is a visual pleasure, with Cicin-Sain unveiling shot after shot of glorious landscapes and striking silhouettes. It's a shame, then, that Bentley's performance as Daniel isn't more fully engaged.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
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.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
A riveting mystery drama about living, dying, illusion and reality.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
While the underdeveloped script - co-written by Richard Gladstein - never earns its sense of self-importance, the visuals are evocative enough to draw us further into the movie's ultimately unsatisfying mysteries.
Village Voice
R.C. Baker
The characters are as leached of tone as the film's chiaroscuro sets and grisaille paintings, although Langella is certainly game ...
Behind The Lens
Debbie Lynn Elias
With visual artistry at its finest, The Time Being is an emotionally heart-wrenching work that establishes Nenad Cicin-Sain as a visual storyteller.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
While trying to examine the difficulty of reconciling an artist's identity with the banality of everyday responsibilities, The Time Being wastes its potential on trite passages of dialogue and melodramatic flourishes.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Despite some powerful imagery, the film provides only minimal insight into the artistic process, and its characters aren't compelling enough to pick up the slack.
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