A drama by Ozon with noble intentions, far from cheap sentimentality, but it gives me the feeling that in his story of terminal illness there is a superficial indulgence that prevents it from being intimate. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 7, 2020

Ozon has fashioned a "masculine melodrama" about how an impossibly beautiful, petulant young man copes with a precious few months.

| May 12, 2020

Time to Leave strikes a certain register of restrained placidity, yet in the end, succumbs to more and more frequent idealizing interludes.

| Mar 28, 2018

It's a lovely film, with scattered wrenching moments, but it lacks the mannered impact of the rest of Ozon's oeuvre.

| Mar 1, 2018

This is the most personal, deeply felt film from the gifted director of "Under the Sand" and "Swimming Pool." Ozon leaches his melodrama of all sentimentality, and moves us all the more.

| Feb 7, 2018

It's noteworthy for the performances of Melvil Poupard as Romaine and Jeanne Moreau as the grandmother-two people facing their own mortality, and trying to exit this world with grace and dignity.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2008

Una exploracin muy personal, muy ntima y para nada condescendiente sobre la proximidad de la muerte a edad temprana. Muy buen elenco.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 29, 2007

One gets the feeling while watching Time to Leave that the feisty director is, for the first time, bored by the story he's telling.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

It's difficult to feel positive about Romain's acceptance of his mortality, because Ozon hasn't convinced us Romain was that alive to begin with.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 16, 2006

takes one of the most tired movie cliches of all time -- "I'm sorry, but you only have a few months to live." -- and turns into to a totally fresh look at what it truly means to live

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2006

A touching and haunting film that is more uplifting than its central theme suggests, Time To Leave leaves us with much to reflect upon, and consider.

| Nov 24, 2006

It's a quiet and poignant look at a life as it slips away, seen through the eyes of a character who's not always likable but remains entirely real.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2006

Director Francois Ozon, who can define physical desire in a swift gesture or extend a moment of self-reflection with acute stillness, has become more confident and specific with each film.

| Original Score: A | Nov 2, 2006

Those looking for the traditional Hollywood sweetness or payoffs will walk away disappointed, but the rough-hewn film offers riches to those willing to endure its downbeat tale of detachment.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 2, 2006

It does absolutely nothing that previous movies dealing with this subject haven't done.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2006

The story arc from his diagnosis to his death doesn't cover much ground in Romain's life. But his emotional landscape -- the conflicts, the anger, the sadness, the acceptance -- offers much more depth.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2006

Modern audiences are more likely to find the character's behavior to be extremely frustrating, undercutting any sympathetic response one might have for his situation.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2006

The entire film is a balancing trick, with scenes of potential banality redeemed at the last by a subtle twist or subversion. In their conflicted expressions, the performers prove themselves experts at their own high-wire acts.

| Sep 28, 2006

A beautiful, frank and utterly absorbing examination of death.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2006