NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

eddie_baggins Trying to capture the essence and loneliness of being homeless in a bustling city like New York, Time Out of Mind sees one time heartthrob Richard Gere give his best impersonation of being a struggling street bum (supposedly Gere even lived on the streets for this role) in The Messenger and Rampart director Oren Moverman's highly unengaging and frustratingly distant drama that perhaps seemed destined for golden statues but has ended up but nothing as loose change in a throwaway cup in the minds of many moviegoers.The most frustrating element about Moverman's drama, that has a penchant for not much dialogue as Gere's lost soul George wanders around the streets, running into everyone from his estranged daughter Maggie played by Jena Malone and blink and you'll miss them turns from the likes of Steve Buscemi, Jeremy Strong and Michael Kenneth Williams, is that the film does have the potential and commitment from its leading man to be something special but as George continues his journey and we overhear situations and conversations (like many homeless must feel, like flies on the walls to people's lives) taking place around us, we quickly realise we are not engaged in the slightest in George's plight as to where his come from or where he is ever so slowly going.There's nothing wrong with this at arm's length approach if it's done right but the film is crying out for a bigger hook to make our often arduous time with George more intriguing and compelling but Moverman seems to care little with giving his film a heart or satisfactory reasons for his style with the film and Gere's commitment plus brief moments touching scenes that seem cut from a much more rounded and complete film (such as the films touching final 15 minutes) that are so far above the films other 100 plus minutes of slow going it just ads to the overall feeling of a frustrating watching experience.There's some important messages to be portrayed in Time Out of Mind and it's always good to see the now mostly little scene talents of Gere on screen but Overman's film is a big disappointment for a filmmaker that's delivered films like The Messenger and Love and Mercy (as a writer) and while this was never meant to be an easy watch film, Time Out of Mind doesn't justify our hard time spent enduring this rather uninviting tale.1 ½ Omar Little orderly's out of 5

davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning George (Richard Gere) is a man who's found himself on the downside of life, wondering aimlessly as a homeless man on the streets of New York. Aside from finding a place to sleep for the night, and hustling for spare change here and there, he desperately tries to get reacquainted with his estranged daughter, Maggie (Jena Malone) to little avail. Upon finding sanctuary in the latest in a long line of shelters, he forms a friendship with the enigmatic Dixon (Ben Vereen), which sets him on the road to the final resolution.You can remain a household name for many years after your heyday, so it's all the more surprising that in Oren Moverman's Time Out of Mind, an offbeat indie offering not meant for mainstream fare, that former Hollywood icon Richard Gere was able to meander around the streets of New York, virtually unnoticed while playing his character. This would attest that people notice what the person is before they see who they are, and that serves to add credence to Moverman's stand on the plight of the homeless.The independent feel really shines through, giving it an art house look that sets it in place for what it was meant to be. Of all the locations where films are shot, New York is always plastered in the most glamorous light, but here that veneer is coldly stripped away, giving a blurry, depressing downward glance into all the nooks and crannies you'd never see in a tourist brochure. The 'real life' filming style combines with the quiet, blurry atmosphere to create quite a haunting experience.In a role out of his norm, but close to his heart, Gere immerses himself in his role, the former heartthrob star now giving way to playing a bedraggled, cut and bruised older man. While his performance is absorbing, the mystery of who he is and how he arrived in this state also keeps you wondering. Although it's never really explained, you leave with no less of a downbeat but revealing experience. ****

filton A really very good evocation of what being on the streets must be like. The film drags and meanders - just as Richard Gere's character does. The aesthetic is very distinctive - the city's bustle by day and neon glare by night as a backdrop to the drab plight of the scruffy, direction-less Gere, while some of the framing is absolutely exquisite.I do think that Gere's good looks and charisma as an actor shine through a little too boldly - someone like John C. Reilly, for example, might have been a better choice for the main role - and there's the feeling that the ending, while heart-warming, might be a bit of a cop-out. But all in all, it's a very involving, eye-opening study.

TxMike I found this movie on Netflix streaming, it has mixed reviews and wasn't sure I wanted to take the two hours to watch it. Having done so, I am glad that I did.Richard Gere, in his mid-60s, is George. It is clear that he has no place to call home. We don't know exactly how long he has been in this situation but he mentions that something occurred 10 years ago.He has developed a routine of sorts, he sometimes goes into the waiting room of a hospital or a bus station to escape the cold, even if it is temporarily. He changes coats often, because while few will give him money for booze it is somewhat easy to get a coat then sell it to a thrift shop for booze money.He also occasionally visits a food kitchen or gets a bed in a shelter. But he seems always in a daze of sorts and when he does take the time to have an agency help him get aid he has no ID and can't even remember his Social Security Number. At one point he meets up with Ben Vereen as Dixon, also homeless. We see them together most of the time, while George hardly ever says anything Dixon just can't shut up. Perhaps Dixon is a construct of George's imagination, we are not sure.George has an estranged daughter, 30-ish Jena Malone as Maggie. We are not told what exactly is the issue but George knows he has not been a good father.There is a ray of hope at the end, that George may be getting the help he needs to get back on his feet, and reestablish some sort of relationship with Maggie. Dixon disappears, which may be a sign of George's move towards sanity.The movie does not movie very fast and many will likely find it "slow and boring" but I never did. I am not far from George's age, I have encountered man like him in large cities over the years, it has always been puzzling how people end up that way.Of interest Gere does his own piano playing and wrote one of the pieces for the movie. Also Malone sings the final, haunting song during the end credits.