Synopsis
A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.
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Cast
- Wes BentleyDaniel
- Frank LangellaWarner Dax
- Sarah PaulsonSarah
- Ahna O'ReillyOlivia
- Corey StollEric
- Jeremy Allen WhiteGus
- Gina GallegoAnjelica
- Mila BrenerWinona
- Aiden LovekampMarco
- Sandra SeacatAnnette
Recommendations
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The Dissolve
The Time Being is a visual pleasure, with Cicin-Sain unveiling shot after shot of glorious landscapes and striking silhouettes. - 50
RogerEbert.com
Imagine the most overdone, Philip Glass-style horror movie music playing over glossy footage of a university art class, and you have some idea what your eyes and ears are in for while attending The Time Being. - 50
Portland Oregonian
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. - 40
Time Out
[Viewers] won’t find much here besides Langella’s typically austere performance, some lazy character sketches...and the sensation one gets after having watched paint dry, painfully slowly, on a canvas. - 40
New York Daily News
Despite the movie’s flaws, Cicin-Sain does show considerable confidence for a first-time writer and director. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece The Time Being is truly like watching paint dry. - 25
The A.V. Club
After all the ponderous heavy breathing, it has nothing more profound to say than “artists should not neglect their families in pursuit of excellence.” Which might not ring so false if Bentley didn’t constantly look on the brink of devouring his family alive. - 25
New York Post
The pretentious and unrelievedly glum first feature from music-video and advertising director Nenad Cicin-Sain, The Time Being looks sharp, but it’s about as dramatically satisfying as watching paint dry.