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Needle in a Timestack

  • 2021
  • R
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
2.4K
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Orlando Bloom, Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, and Cynthia Erivo in Needle in a Timestack (2021)
Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine's ex-husband warps time to try to tear them apart. As Nick's memories disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to hold onto - or let go of - everything he loves.
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Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine's ex-husband warps time to try to tear them apart. As Nick's memories disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to ... Read allNick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine's ex-husband warps time to try to tear them apart. As Nick's memories disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to hold onto - or let go of - everything he loves.Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine's ex-husband warps time to try to tear them apart. As Nick's memories disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to hold onto - or let go of - everything he loves.

  • Director
    • John Ridley
  • Writers
    • John Ridley
    • Robert Silverberg
  • Stars
    • Leslie Odom Jr.
    • Freida Pinto
    • Cynthia Erivo
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    2.4K
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    • Director
      • John Ridley
    • Writers
      • John Ridley
      • Robert Silverberg
    • Stars
      • Leslie Odom Jr.
      • Freida Pinto
      • Cynthia Erivo
    • 77User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
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    Leslie Odom Jr.
    Leslie Odom Jr.
    • Nick Mikkelsen
    Freida Pinto
    Freida Pinto
    • Alex Leslie
    Cynthia Erivo
    Cynthia Erivo
    • Janine Mikkelsen
    Orlando Bloom
    Orlando Bloom
    • Tommy Hambleton
    Jadyn Wong
    Jadyn Wong
    • Zoe Mikkelsen
    Ulka Simone Mohanty
    Ulka Simone Mohanty
    • Donna
    Elizabeth Weinstein
    Elizabeth Weinstein
    • Ana
    Gourav Shah
    • Tate
    Hiro Kanagawa
    Hiro Kanagawa
    • Tattersall
    Charles R. Singh
    Charles R. Singh
    • Elliot
    • (as Charles Singh)
    Laysla De Oliveira
    Laysla De Oliveira
    • Sibila
    Kaylah Zander
    Kaylah Zander
    • Steph
    James Kirk
    James Kirk
    • Marcus
    Nat D'Amico
    Nat D'Amico
    • Ryder
    • (as Natalie D'Amico)
    Alessandro Juliani
    Alessandro Juliani
    • Steven
    Adam Beauchesne
    Adam Beauchesne
    • David
    Johannah Newmarch
    Johannah Newmarch
    • Hekima
    • (voice)
    Samantha Hum
    Samantha Hum
    • Rhema
    • Director
      • John Ridley
    • Writers
      • John Ridley
      • Robert Silverberg
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    User reviews77

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    7ham-ma242

    Something NEW

    A pretty authentic movie in which time travel is an every-day thing and anything can change if it's misused. Sure the movie is maybe too slow, but it's still pretty interesting. There is a character development and switching between alternative timelines (living through different outcomes), yet the main focus is on the drama and romance itself. It's not a 3~/10 movie, give it a shot. Clearly something different and refreshing than copy paste like most movies with same plot lines nowadays.
    Gordon-11

    If you could go back time

    "Needle in a Timestack" should be viewed as a drama set in a science fiction background. If you think it's a science fiction film, you'll be bored. If you view it as a drama, it would be interesting, because it's about all the could haves and should haves in life. It is about the regrets and sorrows of life, and what you would do to change it if you could go back time.
    5LLgoatJ

    Love story with a little sci-fi

    This tells the story of a couple who are very much in love but are split up permanently and forget each other in the present by an ex who goes back in time.

    The film isn't really about time travel. It's never really explained how it works or how people have come to just accept their lives regularly being altered by people messing around in the past.

    This is all love story and if people can still be in love if they don't remember each other.

    It's a bit slow and pretentious in places. I almost gave up after 5 mins. When I got to the end it felt more like achievement than satisfaction at a good film.

    It really felt like it could have been much better done. It's hard to really care about the characters so you feel cold against what is happening instead of being drawn in and involved. It should be a film you discuss about after but it's just lacking in something.

    It's worth a watch but it just really feels like it should have been a far bigger and better film. A waste as it's well acted and it's believable but not well executed.
    6coreytegley

    Good movie but wanted more

    Look story was good but it should of explained more about time travel and how they were able to do it. This movie is a LOVE STORY NOTHING ELSE so if you are looking for Sci fi or time travel it's not that. It's about love and how true love can outstand anything no matter what it is even time travel. Worth a watch.
    6SnoopyStyle

    intriguing idea but ends short

    Time travel is happening. The rich are doing it. Whenever a time shift happens, everybody scrambles to check for personal changes before they lose their memory of the previous time line. Nick Mikkelsen (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Janine (Cynthia Erivo) are happily married. He is worried that her first husband Tommy Hambleton (Orlando Bloom) is trying to use time travel to eliminate their relationship. That's exactly what happens and he finds that he's married to his long-time girlfriend Alex Leslie (Freida Pinto).

    This is an intriguing Twilight Zone premise. The film does need to use that premise in a compelling story. While I'm fascinating with the world-building, the movie fails to construct the story around it. It's like there's a great foundation but the building is not much more than a box. This is almost two hours but it's really only doing the first act. I wonder if the short story is worth a shorter flick. Maybe the story needs expanding.

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    • Trivia
      The short story by Robert Silverberg that this movie is based on was first published in the June 1983 issue of Playboy. Silverberg had previously published a collection of ten short stories under the same title in 1966, and decided to re-use the title for this story.
    • Quotes

      Zoe Mikkelsen: What if you go back and change your past but you end up with no future?

    • Crazy credits
      In keeping with one of the film's mantras, that "Love is formed in a circle", each of the main end credits has a letter "O" which persists while the other letters fade out.
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      In the Beginning
      Written by Jeremy Steig

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    • Release date
      • October 14, 2021 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Une aiguille dans une botte de temps
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • BRON Studios
      • Creative Wealth Media Finance
      • Ember20
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      1 hour 51 minutes
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