Timer

Director: Jac Shaeffer (2009) Starring Emma Caulfield & John Patrick Amedori

As you can see by the opening image, this is a chick flick to the max. A very well done chick flick, must I say. Attractive cast ;) which always sways me to watch a particular film. The concept of finding your true love no longer being a painful waste of time-roller coaster of doubt, heartbreaks and chaos was kind of alluring. Technology has taken over in this film! 

With TIMERS attached at the wrist, it gives precise countdown of when you will meet your "soul mate". IF your soul mate has a Timer themselves. 

Sounds neat.. ok let's go.

So Una is the main character, she's pushing 30 and her Timer hasn't begun a countdown so she's frantic to find the man who might be her "one-and-only"

Unfortunately, she's not having the best of luck. Una = Sweating her future BIG TIME. 

So she meets a "young" but cute store clerk one day named Mikey! 

Curve ball --- Mikey has a Timer. Una doesn't go for "Timer-less Men" Unlike her step-sister (Steph), who ONLY goes for men with Timers but her scenario is a funny one within itself. 

Fast Forward to Una & Mikey ending up getting together and having fun just basking in each others company, and for a small moment, Una begins to forget her Timer 

and just enjoy her life. 

OOOOH there's something I'm dying to share but I want to leave that in the shadows of mystery. Just in case you decide to watch the film for yourself (which I recommend you do)

Things don't go so hot toward the end of the movie, but I want to focus more not on summarizing the film but discussing the relationship of Mikey & Una, it's something very significant. 

Mikey's character is very carefree, youthful and humorous. Una is a character who craves order, guarantees and certainty. Like most women, she's been hurt in the past, so for her the Timer is much more than a countdown. It's a safety net from heartache and loss. She struggles with these issues and tried to process the idea of "going-with-the-flow" that Mikey pushes throughout the whole film. The two opposite personalities is cute match up and I could relate to the storyline a lot. 

Unlike my previous posts, I don't want to give more details of this movie because it's something you just need to see. The message at the end is... You are able to take detours in love. Theres no right way to go about falling in love either, but you love someone because you feel it, not because (in this case) a device tells you so. Taking chances may or may not work out in for favor in the game of love but you're left with a lesson whether you win or lose. 

I got more from this movie, but it's rather hard to formulate into words. I just think you should watch it :) It's a fun movie.