Wonderful character development!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Pseudo-profundity by and for shallow males who want to think they are deep.

Cashback takes a very enjoyable if somewhat unoriginal idea, dresses it up with a ton of skilled cinematography, and turns it into an hour-and-a-half long misogynistic piece that feels like it came out of a pretentious 18-year-old film student's notebook from a Themes in Cinema 101 class. That this movie has a decent score is beyond me.The film stars an obvious self-insert college student and focuses around his ability to stop time, which he uses to pass his time at his awful job at Sainsbury's by stripping the female customers and painting their nude forms. Not only is this vile act depicted as sympathetic, the film seems to argue that it's making some sort of deep and meaningful statement on the beauty of the female body. The main character is treated as a deep and misunderstood man who truly "gets it," like he understands that undressing women and appreciating their beauty is better than the middle school antics of his coworkers and best friend. Much of the film is, as the premise would indicate, devoted to describing the passage of time. The best moments come early on, when we find our main character contemplating the slowness of retail hell while still finding beauty in still images, even as simple as frozen peas spilled on the floor. But it also veers into the pretentious, with the monologues describing how "time just keeps passing, man" becoming increasingly unbearable. And, of course, when time does actually stop, it very often goes right back into treating non-consensual female nudity as the highest form of art.If there is one thing to praise Cashback for, it's the cinematography. Most of the scenes are framed and shot well, showing that a considerable amount of skill went into this. The best part comes during many of the flashbacks, as the transitions between them are carefully constructed into the present, done so in a way that is not only creative but is a lot of fun to watch. The film's message might be terrible, but hey at least it's shot well.If I were to pin down the principle problem of Cashback, it's that it reeks of self-importance. The film boldly declares that it's saying something deep and giving something to the medium when it's saying little more than "female nudity is deep and artsy, maaaan." I can respect enjoying this film for the cinematography, but honestly, it made me feel too disgusted to enjoy almost anything about it.

A vapid tale of a young man (teenager?) going through normal adolescent angst - about as deep as a puddle of crocodile tears.Here is a young man so tormented by his recent breakup with his girlfriend that he simply can't sleep - at all. So what to do with the extra hours? Why, get a night shift job at a grocery store. A store inhabited entirely by equally immature and one-dimensional jerks.But our hero finds that he has a secret ability. Where it came from nobody knows, but he can freeze time! So he's free to wander around the store, undressing the (all drop-dead gorgeous) women in the store. But this isn't for any prurient interests, No! He's an artist after all and he just wants to appreciate their natural beauty and draw a few sketches of them. And maybe fondle them a little too, but only in a very artistic manner.Add to this the most rudimentary of plots and a few more cartoon-like, one-dimensional characters and you have Cashback. A boy is heartbroken over a short relationship, he gets a job, and falls for the girl who works at the store. The end. This is philosophy and meaning of life as seen through the eyes of a lovesick thirteen-year-old boy. It's just pathetic.The troubling thing to me is that there are so many over-the-top reviews of this movie on IMDb singing it's praises as one of the great movies of all time. This says to me that there's either many more horny adolescent boys writing out reviews for such movies, OR there's a small army of paid reviewers cranking out laudatory comments on demand. I kinda think it's the latter.

At first glance, Cashback would appear to be a shameless excuse to show skin. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a reason for the nudity - for the most part. This is not the case for most films.The story was well thought-out, it seems, and I was thoroughly engaged. I was also pleasantly surprised with the acting and the cast. I did not expect much so Cashback far exceeded my expectations. There was good character development and I was intrigued by the main character's ability to pause time in his head and appreciate the beauty around him.One of my favorite scenes was the main character staring at spilled peas on the floor and describing its beauty.I usually release an exasperated sigh when I see a live story in a film because it always seems take on. "Every film needs a love story." I hate film formulae. In Cashback, however, the love story did not seem take on, which was another pleasant surprise.I did not like that some of the nudity was presented in a sexual manner, nor did I like the sexual references because I thought it spoiled the artistic value of the rest of the movie. However, it went with the story. Where other characters found it sexual, the main character found beauty in it so there was a stark contrast.I definitely recommend this film. It was a pure delight.