TiMER
Directed By: Jac Schaeffer
Starring: Emma Caulfield, John Patrick Amedori
1 hrs. 39 min.
The TiMER counts down until the day you meet your soulmate. Oona's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Emma Caulfield) TiMER, however, is blank, which means her soulmate has yet to get his installed. She's constantly dating guys without TiMERs and accompanying them to get their TiMER installed in the hope she's finally found The One. Desperate, Oona breaks her own rules and dates grocery store cashier Mikey (John Patrick Amedori, Stick It), who already has a TiMER that is slowly counting down from four months.
TiMER is a particularly charming romantic comedy. It attempts to re-examine our reliance on technology in a new way, as Oona struggles to decide if she should really rely on a clock implanted in her wrist to tell her when she is in true love. Emma Caulfield is delightful in the role of Oona, but its Michelle Borth as her free-spirited step-sister Steph who steals every scene in which she appears. Borth has an energy that makes you wish she were in your own family.
As enjoyable as the film is, however, the ending is not only predictable, but a little disappointing. Considering the message about our reliance on technology that the film sends, even though I knew what would happen in the end, I still feel it fell back on its intended message. Either way, TiMER is a fun film.
Grade: B+
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