What Pugh and Garfield’s best efforts cannot do, and in fact the entire project seems to intrinsically rail against, is anchor Almut and Tobias in real time, real life.

We Live in Time is not a great film but a charming one nonetheless. A bittersweet romance that makes you smile through the sadness and connect with life via death.

This is a funny-sad, poignant, beautifully acted film that explores questions we will all have to face at some time in our lives.

Their chemistry makes the movie so much more enjoyable. It’s also a lot funnier than I expected and I like that John Crowley was willing to throw in so much humor to balance out the bleak elements of the story.