The Clock

THE CLOCK suffers from trying to be a big, important, life-changing film instead of what it should have been - a clever, witty short film. What could have been a fun premise (Elderly people try to avoid death by stopping the ticking clock across the street), went more pretentious than inventive. Visually it had it's moments, but a weak story and script without any strong performances doomed this little film.

I saw THE CLOCK a few months ago as part of several short films together. I think the goal in a short film is to capture the audience's attention quickly, this is where THE CLOCK fails.

It has interesting camera angles. It's not visual ala Tim Burton or Sam Raimi; just the cinematographer knew where to place the camera for the shot. The story and script is terrible and the actors look as confused as those of us watching.