Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Lee Eisenberg Tsai Ming-liang's "What Time Is It There?" focuses on a man in Taipei who sells a watch to a woman headed to Paris. He resets all clocks to Paris time, which convinces his mom that her deceased husband is trying to contact her.The movie contains long scenes, so you need a serious attention span to watch it. At times it seems like a B movie due to the limited action. But overall, it's about the difficulties of making connections with people. I get the feeling that Taiwan's complicated international status (countries are only allowed to recognize one China, and most of them go with mainland China, so Taiwan doesn't even have UN membership) adds to the difficulty of making connections with people who are abroad.Overall, I thought that it was an OK, not great movie. The end contains a surprise, although its authenticity is questionable. Probably the only cast member whom western viewers will recognize is Jean-Pierre Léaud, best known for playing a character in some of François Truffaut's movies (one of which - "The 400 Blows" - appears in this movie).PS: UTC+8 is Taipei's time zone.

you_savvy This is probably the most infuriatingly tedious movie I've ever seen. Nearly every scene is the same -- the camera sits motionless as we watch someone putter around and do some inconsequential thing. Maybe it shows a guy watching a movie. Or a woman eating something. Or a widow pleasuring herself. Or (twice!) a guy taking a leak into whatever container is lying around. And after the inconsequential thing has been done, the camera just sits there. Maybe we're supposed to take this time in which *nothing is happening* (fully half the movie) to reflect on the mysteries of life. I just spent it getting madder and madder at the director for thinking that anyone could find this remotely interesting. Halfway through the movie, there's a scene in which a woman is staring at a fish tank. I actually envied her -- watching a fish bob around in a tank is more interesting than this pretentious nonsense.There's nothing innately wrong with slow films. Or quiet films. Or uneventful films. But SOMETHING has to develop throughout the course of the film, be it interesting dialogue or character development or the presentation of interesting ideas. Nothing of the sort happens here. Its message about loneliness is made clear within the first half hour and after that it's just directorial masturbation.

kinolieber Beware of this film if you enjoy plot, dramatic situations, character development, moving camerawork, or any of the usual things that make a film worth watching. However if the idea of watching a guy turn restlessly in bed and then get up and urinate into a bottle and then get back into bed sounds interesting to you, then check out this film. (Whoops! I wonder if that could be considered a spoiler?) It's a movie for those with rarefied tastes who really do enjoy long takes with stationery cameras watching people eat, sleep, breathe, smoke cigarettes, look expressionlessly into space, sell watches, buy watches, change the time on clocks, feed their pet fish, and yes, urinate into bottles and plastic bags. All others: you've been warned.

shihlun "What Time is it There?",a new film by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang, is a warm tribute to Francois Truffaut,Jean-Pierre Leaud,and "400 Blows".The original title of this film is "7 to 400 blows".Jean-Pierre Leaud also play a role in this film.It's a very beautiful and quiet film with a lot of deep emotion in it.One of the best film from "Taiwanese New Cinema".