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Posted on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 2:54 p.m.

'In Time' screws up a clever concept with poor execution

By AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist

In Time
Opens today at Rave, Quality 16, Brighton
Review by Corey Hall of the Metro Times
Grade: C

"In Time" presents an unspecified future where time is money: You want a latte? That'll be four minutes off your life. Want that sports car? Six months. People in this dystopia stop physically aging at 25; your wife, your mother and your girlfriend all look like classmates. Yet this comes at the cost of a neon countdown timer implanted in your arm; a beast that has to be fueled with credits to continue running. Everything in this genetically perfected society runs on an egg timer of social Darwinism; you can stay young and beautiful forever, but only if you have the means.

Read the full review here