This review looks at the film as a meditation on the value of every moment and the "cautionary tale" of our obsession with youth and immortality. Stylistic Analysis (The Blog of Delights):
The world became a photograph. Raindrops froze in midair like tiny glass planets. The dust motes stopped dancing. And Rip’s heart… it didn’t stop. It just… paused. One second. A single, infinite, agonizing second of knowing he was caught between heartbeats, between breaths, between life and the void. in time 2011 vegamovies