"What Time Is It Over There" is a laconic study of three characters: A man hawking wrist watches on the streets of Taipei; his widowed mourning mother obsessed with her late husband's spiritual return; and a Taiwanese babe who goes to Paris after trying to buy his watch. The camera of this virtually scriptless flick methodically follows these characters as we get to know them simply by watching what they do - none of which is very interesting. To the extent the audience can "feel" their pain and loneliness, this film has something to offer. However, I suspect most filmgoers will quickly lose interest in this slow moving, uneventful, peculiar, minimalistic art flick with little to offer. For voyeurs, arthouse film devotees, critics, and dilettantes. (B-)
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