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The Present

  • 2024
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Greg Kinnear, Isla Fisher, Easton Rocket Sweda, and Mason Shea Joyce in The Present (2024)
A brilliant boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom. He soon team up his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' separation from their in hopes of changing the outcome.
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A brilliant boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom. He soon teams up with his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' separation, with hopes of changin... Read allA brilliant boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom. He soon teams up with his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' separation, with hopes of changing the outcome.A brilliant boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom. He soon teams up with his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' separation, with hopes of changing the outcome.

  • Director
    • Christian Ditter
  • Writer
    • Jay Martel
  • Stars
    • Isla Fisher
    • Greg Kinnear
    • Easton Rocket Sweda
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    • Director
      • Christian Ditter
    • Writer
      • Jay Martel
    • Stars
      • Isla Fisher
      • Greg Kinnear
      • Easton Rocket Sweda
    • 13User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    6CinemaSerf

    The Present

    There's something quite engaging about Easton Rocket Sweda's "Taylor" character in this quite enjoyable and fast-moving family fantasy. He is a young man who loathes being touched and who communicates via an audio-board or by using an Etch-a-Sketch. Indulged? Well that was my first thought, then we meet the family and maybe the kid has the right idea. Anyway, his grandfather's bust old clock arrives and it's put in his basement where he tinkers around with it and gets it, somewhat miraculously, to work. His parents (solid efforts from Isla Blair and Greg Kinnear) have summonsed the family to a dinner that evening to announce their trial separation, but "Taylor" has discovered that the now repaired timepiece allows him to manipulate time - within a twenty four hour period. He reckons that he can change the circumstances of his mum and dad's struggling marriage - but every time he thinks he's on the cusp of averting familial disaster, well we are soon back to square one. He decides to enlist the help of his loved-up sister "Emma" (Shay Rudolph) the then finally their brother "Max" (Mason Shea Joyce - wasn't he in "McFly"?). The more they meddle, though, the messier things get as the grown ups all lurch from one near miss to an other. Old Father Time is starting to get a bit bored with the repetitive nature of this story (not just him) and when the kids realise that they can't keep doing this indefinitely, things have to come to an head. It works quite well for about an hour with quite a quirky storyline and the five main characters having some fun with almonds, a shiny red sports car and some fake snow but thereafter the story starts to recycle itself once too often as we head to what was always a fairly predictable conclusion. It's an easy film to watch, but not one you will remember and probably not one that needs to be seen in a cinema.
    6LetsReviewThat26

    whimsical with real heart

    The present is a comedy and family movie. There is nothing bad in it and I think its a good movie for a bank holiday weekend. Greg kinnear and isla fisher in my opinion work as a couple. They are both fun actors and im glad they were chosen here. But there is a problem. Jen and eric are getting D. I. V. O. R. C. E. D AND want to tell their children. Theres a grandfather clock that appears for some unknown reason and son tyler thinks he can fix the thing. With the help of his each a sketch he finds it helps him travel through time and with that knowlarge he tries to stop it happening.siblings emma and max also get ropped in and the threesome do their best to make everything turn out well. This movie was a lot of fun . The cast chemistry worked well and its a family movie that was just a nice watch.
    6BigDaddy4000

    a cute movie that cant seem to make up its mind who its for

    The main issue with this movie is how the movie cant seem to decide which demographic its for. Is this a kids movie? Definitely not. Theres sex jokes, condom jokes, implied sex, and tons of other stuff that would lead to you having some really awkward conversations with your kids afterwards ("mommy, what did that guy mean when he said that the girl was a 'virgin'?") is this a movie for adults? Ummm... nope. The tone and premise is just way too childish and silly for that either.. so who is this movie for?

    Its also got plenty of other problems under the surface as well. The actor playing the therapist was just annoying, the middle child max is just an extra in the first 2 thirds of the movie before suddenly deciding he wants to be an actual character in the final act. Also some of the sources of conflict were just dumb, like oh no, the dad is renting out a bathelor pad for when he moves out? Thats terrible for... some reason. I will say though that i did like it how whenever the movie relived a day it didnt re-show everything beat for beat, it only showed the stuff that changed from the previous day, that definitely saved a lot of filler.

    Its just... meh. It just feels like a movie that came out a couple decades too late, it literally feels like a movie from the 80s or 90s. Its not terrible, but its just not completely compatible with any specific demographic.
    7toonarly

    A bit confusing but a fun movie

    Dysfunctional family is about to break up and an old antique clock arrives that changes everything. The youngest boy who refuses to be touched or speak (easiest part for any actor) fixes the clock and discovers it can reset the day about 12 hours earlier. He goes about trying different time paradoxes to attempt to keep his parents from splitting up. A lot of goofiness and just plain weird encounters with other people who have their own agendas. Kind of a strange, can be very confusing as the time resets so many times during the movie till they finally get it right. Nothing questionable, no nudity a few foul language words but not much. An "ok" watch but didn't keep me interested as much as other films of this genre. Ok for all family members. Enjoy!
    7A_Different_Drummer

    time paradoxes

    This reviewer has a weakness for time travel story arcs. Oddly, even now, the Gold Standard for TT movies remains Groundhog Day; and, for series, the Janeway Trekkie episodes. As consumers of entertainment, we as a culture have now come to the point where a time travel story has to be 'different' to get attention. At that, THE PRESENT 2024 delivers. It is very clever. It all takes place in the present but, paradoxically, the present keeps getting altered in subtle ways. Up to you to spot that. The script and direction are ... sharp. There is no pandering of any kind to the audience. In fact, the viewer is actually expected to approach the movie like an interactive crossword puzzle, and puzzle it out dynamically. As the story unfolds. The characters are interesting, and the actors deliver. Upbeat tone. Pleasant ending. In other words -- yet another paradox. This is the kind of light and fluffy movie they used to make ... before anyone ever heard of Time Travel movies. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

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      Easton Rocket Sweda is the son of 80s rocker/guitarist Mick Sweda of BulletBoys and King Kobra.
    • Goofs
      When the car window gets smashed, the glass breaks like regular glass. Most cars have tempered glass for their windows, and tempered glass shatters entirely into tiny pieces when it gets broken.

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    • Release date
      • June 18, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un regalo para papá y mamá
    • Production companies
      • AGC Studios
      • Catchlight Studios
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      • $8,254
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
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      • 2.35 : 1

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