Saturday, January 08, 2022
Time Is Up
In this teen romance story, high schooler Vivien (Bella Thorne) loves numbers, physics, & Steve, her boyfriend. Tattooed bad boy type Roy is Steve’s swim team mate who has his eye on Vivien. It’s not hard to see where is this plot is going. The film is very contrived with the gorgeous girl thrown together with the handsome guy with an accent & using fashion, color, lights, & Rome to dazzle the eyes. What American high school swim team has a competition in Europe? How does a high school girl afford to fly off to Rome to surprise her boyfriend? This makes more sense when find out this is an Italian movie production. This predictable drama heats up when a head trauma creates a critical memory loss situation. If you overlook the lack of realism & just enjoy the eye candy look, you may have an enjoyable good time.
Alien gives it 2½ “Polaroids” stars out of 4.
