- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
The title may be inspired by a Leonard Cohen song, but this time-travelling melodrama is singularly lacking in inspiration, and often feels like a Mills & Boon reworking of The Terminator. Grieving for her late mother, Jodie Whittaker's nurse returns to her well-appointed London apartment block to see an elderly female neighbour plunge from the roof. Her shock is compounded by the fact that the dead woman was carrying a photograph of Whittaker's former jazz trumpeter boyfriend (Dougray Scott). She finds more surprises among the deceased's belongings before building caretaker David Warner suggests that the answers to all her questions can be found by stepping into a rickety Victorian lift. Considering the limited budget, the sequences set in the past are admirably authentic, and the performances are uniformly spirited. But Alex Kustanovich and Vadim Moldovan's screenplay is riddled with implausibilities that Dana Lustig's laboured direction only accentuates.
Plot Summary
A troubled woman investigates a strange suicide, only to find a means to travel back in time. She is able to revisit her own tormented past, including her relationships with her mother and an abusive lover. However, she also gets a glimpse of what the future holds and tries to avert it. Sci-fi drama, starring Jodie Whittaker, Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox and David Warner.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mia
- Jodie Whittaker
- Ludwig
- Dougray Scott
- Max
- David Warner
- Doris
- Emilia Fox
- Buddy
- Allan Corduner
- Police officer
- Chris Wilson
- Doug
- Jonathan Slinger
Crew
- Director
- Dana Lustig
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