People are voting emotionally.

Fantastic!

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

As in the title i was surprised with this film, the reason i watched it is because i see so many homeless people in my home city of Glasgow and at times i try and help homeless people i find while on my way home with the odd king rib supper or whatever food i can get for these people who live on the streets...The film itself was very dark, slow and strange at times but i suppose that is exactly what the movie was supposed to be, to live on the streets with no fixed abode must be horrendous to say the least and i cant even imagine how that feels unless i was in their situation so the movie should be dark and slow considering a night on the pavement is probably on the cards.I have also not watched that many movies with Richard Gere but i have to say i think he nailed this, i barely recognised him in some scenes even though i knew it was Richard Gere, without makeup and the hat he wore was a great disguise on most scenes and ofcourse is normal for homeless people to wear i suppose all year round, as the film entered the the last scenes i started to think that things were done in real time without the aid off extras and other stupid film making costs which i think was a great touch and further reading it looks like my instincts were correct because as i read Richard Gere was mistaken for a homeless person and offered pizza by a generous passer by during filming. Good film, and not only that a descent ending which can be difficult in film making.7/10

Life is even harder in real life but this movie does bring it to the screen. my first thought when reading the "critical" reviews what that people don't want to see the reality. these are mostly people that walk on by ignoring. Not all people who are homeless are mental ill. some that are fall deeper in. People in general don't like reality movies. I had read an article when it was released that people didn't recognize RG during filming. I have know many homeless people and have slept in my car several times lived in transient motels and worked whenever I could. The sad reality is that too many people in America live like this. the film was real.

Trying to capture the essence and loneliness of being homeless in a bustling city like New York, Time Out of Mind sees one time heartthrob Richard Gere give his best impersonation of being a struggling street bum (supposedly Gere even lived on the streets for this role) in The Messenger and Rampart director Oren Moverman's highly unengaging and frustratingly distant drama that perhaps seemed destined for golden statues but has ended up but nothing as loose change in a throwaway cup in the minds of many moviegoers.The most frustrating element about Moverman's drama, that has a penchant for not much dialogue as Gere's lost soul George wanders around the streets, running into everyone from his estranged daughter Maggie played by Jena Malone and blink and you'll miss them turns from the likes of Steve Buscemi, Jeremy Strong and Michael Kenneth Williams, is that the film does have the potential and commitment from its leading man to be something special but as George continues his journey and we overhear situations and conversations (like many homeless must feel, like flies on the walls to people's lives) taking place around us, we quickly realise we are not engaged in the slightest in George's plight as to where his come from or where he is ever so slowly going.There's nothing wrong with this at arm's length approach if it's done right but the film is crying out for a bigger hook to make our often arduous time with George more intriguing and compelling but Moverman seems to care little with giving his film a heart or satisfactory reasons for his style with the film and Gere's commitment plus brief moments touching scenes that seem cut from a much more rounded and complete film (such as the films touching final 15 minutes) that are so far above the films other 100 plus minutes of slow going it just ads to the overall feeling of a frustrating watching experience.There's some important messages to be portrayed in Time Out of Mind and it's always good to see the now mostly little scene talents of Gere on screen but Overman's film is a big disappointment for a filmmaker that's delivered films like The Messenger and Love and Mercy (as a writer) and while this was never meant to be an easy watch film, Time Out of Mind doesn't justify our hard time spent enduring this rather uninviting tale.1 ½ Omar Little orderly's out of 5

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning George (Richard Gere) is a man who's found himself on the downside of life, wondering aimlessly as a homeless man on the streets of New York. Aside from finding a place to sleep for the night, and hustling for spare change here and there, he desperately tries to get reacquainted with his estranged daughter, Maggie (Jena Malone) to little avail. Upon finding sanctuary in the latest in a long line of shelters, he forms a friendship with the enigmatic Dixon (Ben Vereen), which sets him on the road to the final resolution.You can remain a household name for many years after your heyday, so it's all the more surprising that in Oren Moverman's Time Out of Mind, an offbeat indie offering not meant for mainstream fare, that former Hollywood icon Richard Gere was able to meander around the streets of New York, virtually unnoticed while playing his character. This would attest that people notice what the person is before they see who they are, and that serves to add credence to Moverman's stand on the plight of the homeless.The independent feel really shines through, giving it an art house look that sets it in place for what it was meant to be. Of all the locations where films are shot, New York is always plastered in the most glamorous light, but here that veneer is coldly stripped away, giving a blurry, depressing downward glance into all the nooks and crannies you'd never see in a tourist brochure. The 'real life' filming style combines with the quiet, blurry atmosphere to create quite a haunting experience.In a role out of his norm, but close to his heart, Gere immerses himself in his role, the former heartthrob star now giving way to playing a bedraggled, cut and bruised older man. While his performance is absorbing, the mystery of who he is and how he arrived in this state also keeps you wondering. Although it's never really explained, you leave with no less of a downbeat but revealing experience. ****